<< >> NASA ASRS Report 330550, March 1996

Land without clearance. Approach control told flight crew to contact tower for landing clearance, student pilot was handling communication with instructor distracted. Instructor asked trainee if he had contacted tower and he thought he had, so they landed without landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	330550
Time
Date	199603
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abe
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	330550
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 1 flight time total : 150 flight time type : 57
ASRS Report	330436
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approach control handed us off to tower for landing clearance. I asked the student if he called the tower, because I was doing something else. He said yes, and he was cleared to land. When we landed, ground said that it was customary to call tower before we land. I guess I should have been paying more attention to what was happening, and I should have asked tower to confirm that we were cleared to land. Supplemental information from acn 330436: as I was on final approach another aircraft radioed the tower. They were told they were second behind a cherokee who didn't want to talk to them. At this time the flight instructor asked me if I radioed the tower and I said yes. After I landed the tower told me I didn't call them. At this time all I said was roger. The tower responded with good answer. My response didn't mean I didn't take this matter lightly, only that I didn't want to tie up the frequency since there was other aircraft in the area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND WITHOUT CLRNC. APCH CTL TOLD FLC TO CONTACT TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC, STUDENT PLT WAS HANDLING COM WITH INSTRUCTOR DISTRACTED. INSTRUCTOR ASKED TRAINEE IF HE HAD CONTACTED TWR AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD, SO THEY LANDED WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: APCH CTL HANDED US OFF TO TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC. I ASKED THE STUDENT IF HE CALLED THE TWR, BECAUSE I WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE. HE SAID YES, AND HE WAS CLRED TO LAND. WHEN WE LANDED, GND SAID THAT IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO CALL TWR BEFORE WE LAND. I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTN TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND I SHOULD HAVE ASKED TWR TO CONFIRM THAT WE WERE CLRED TO LAND. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 330436: AS I WAS ON FINAL APCH ANOTHER ACFT RADIOED THE TWR. THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE SECOND BEHIND A CHEROKEE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO THEM. AT THIS TIME THE FLT INSTRUCTOR ASKED ME IF I RADIOED THE TWR AND I SAID YES. AFTER I LANDED THE TWR TOLD ME I DIDN'T CALL THEM. AT THIS TIME ALL I SAID WAS ROGER. THE TWR RESPONDED WITH GOOD ANSWER. MY RESPONSE DIDN'T MEAN I DIDN'T TAKE THIS MATTER LIGHTLY, ONLY THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO TIE UP THE FREQ SINCE THERE WAS OTHER ACFT IN THE AREA.

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.