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Light transport flight crew lands without tower contact. Discovered the error when switching to ground control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 340890 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : shv |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 340890 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Normal handoff from center to approach control followed by vectors and several descent clrncs. Called airport in sight and was cleared for a visual approach. Approach control was talking to several other aircraft. We continued with normal procedures and before landing checklist completion. Failed to realize we had not been switched to tower, landed without incident or conflict. Didn't realize what had occurred until I switched to ground control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT FLC LANDS WITHOUT TWR CONTACT. DISCOVERED THE ERROR WHEN SWITCHING TO GND CTL.
Narrative: NORMAL HDOF FROM CTR TO APCH CTL FOLLOWED BY VECTORS AND SEVERAL DSCNT CLRNCS. CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT AND WAS CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. APCH CTL WAS TALKING TO SEVERAL OTHER ACFT. WE CONTINUED WITH NORMAL PROCS AND BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST COMPLETION. FAILED TO REALIZE WE HAD NOT BEEN SWITCHED TO TWR, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR CONFLICT. DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT HAD OCCURRED UNTIL I SWITCHED TO GND CTL.
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.