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An air carrier captain reports landing without a clearance. The first officer discovered that the radio was still tuned to the approach controller's frequency when the aircraft was 50 ft AGL. The first officer then contacted the tower, and through later review with the tower supervisor, the flight crew was told that the controller had cleared them to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337830 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 337830 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
At about 50 ft radio altitude, the first officer said 'we haven't been cleared to land.' he flipped the communication to tower and said we were on our landing roll. Tower said, 'roger, contact ground.' we taxied to the gate. I called the tower supervisor. He said the tower controller cleared us to land and there was no problem. Approach controller never changed us to tower. If he did, we never responded. When this situation was brought to my attention by the first officer, I felt it was safest to land since there were no other aircraft on the runway, rather than to go around at 50 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT RPTS LNDG WITHOUT A CLRNC. THE FO DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIO WAS STILL TUNED TO THE APCH CTLR'S FREQ WHEN THE ACFT WAS 50 FT AGL. THE FO THEN CONTACTED THE TWR, AND THROUGH LATER REVIEW WITH THE TWR SUPVR, THE FLC WAS TOLD THAT THE CTLR HAD CLRED THEM TO LAND.
Narrative: AT ABOUT 50 FT RADIO ALT, THE FO SAID 'WE HAVEN'T BEEN CLRED TO LAND.' HE FLIPPED THE COM TO TWR AND SAID WE WERE ON OUR LNDG ROLL. TWR SAID, 'ROGER, CONTACT GND.' WE TAXIED TO THE GATE. I CALLED THE TWR SUPVR. HE SAID THE TWR CTLR CLRED US TO LAND AND THERE WAS NO PROB. APCH CTLR NEVER CHANGED US TO TWR. IF HE DID, WE NEVER RESPONDED. WHEN THIS SIT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN BY THE FO, I FELT IT WAS SAFEST TO LAND SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT ON THE RWY, RATHER THAN TO GO AROUND AT 50 FT.
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.