Flight crew deviation.

Attributes
ACN	274112
Time
Date	199406
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 20 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw tracon : dys
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	274112
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 4000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After landing in dtw (routine flight from grb-dtw) the tower asked me (the captain) to call on the telephone -- I did. He asked why we did not respond to the transmission to go around.' we did not hear any transmission to go around. We checked in with the tower about 7 1/2 mi on final. At that time we were cleared to land and told there would be 1 departure aircraft prior to our arrival between us and the aircraft landing ahead. We saw the company 727 take position on runway 21R and the landing aircraft clear the runway. Neither of us were concerned. The spacing did not seem too tight. About 200 ft or after the 200 ft altitude call, I made the comment to watch out for jet blast from that guy taking off. It still appeared that he would be off the runway prior to our touchdown. We both knew it was a close, tight sequence. Anyway about 20 ft or just seconds prior to touchdown, the tower said something like 'air carrier xyz cleared to land.' we both thought this very odd since we had already been cleared. The tower (on the telephone) said they had told us to go around. Either it was stepped on or we did not hear it because of normal cockpit calls. Perhaps if the controller had used a more urgent tone of voice or repeated himself we would have heard it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DEV.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG IN DTW (ROUTINE FLT FROM GRB-DTW) THE TWR ASKED ME (THE CAPT) TO CALL ON THE TELEPHONE -- I DID. HE ASKED WHY WE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE XMISSION TO GAR.' WE DID NOT HEAR ANY XMISSION TO GAR. WE CHKED IN WITH THE TWR ABOUT 7 1/2 MI ON FINAL. AT THAT TIME WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND TOLD THERE WOULD BE 1 DEP ACFT PRIOR TO OUR ARR BTWN US AND THE ACFT LNDG AHEAD. WE SAW THE COMPANY 727 TAKE POS ON RWY 21R AND THE LNDG ACFT CLR THE RWY. NEITHER OF US WERE CONCERNED. THE SPACING DID NOT SEEM TOO TIGHT. ABOUT 200 FT OR AFTER THE 200 FT ALT CALL, I MADE THE COMMENT TO WATCH OUT FOR JET BLAST FROM THAT GUY TAKING OFF. IT STILL APPEARED THAT HE WOULD BE OFF THE RWY PRIOR TO OUR TOUCHDOWN. WE BOTH KNEW IT WAS A CLOSE, TIGHT SEQUENCE. ANYWAY ABOUT 20 FT OR JUST SECONDS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE TWR SAID SOMETHING LIKE 'ACR XYZ CLRED TO LAND.' WE BOTH THOUGHT THIS VERY ODD SINCE WE HAD ALREADY BEEN CLRED. THE TWR (ON THE TELEPHONE) SAID THEY HAD TOLD US TO GAR. EITHER IT WAS STEPPED ON OR WE DID NOT HEAR IT BECAUSE OF NORMAL COCKPIT CALLS. PERHAPS IF THE CTLR HAD USED A MORE URGENT TONE OF VOICE OR REPEATED HIMSELF WE WOULD HAVE HEARD IT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.