<< >> NASA ASRS Report 397340, March 1998

An air carrier large transport flight lands at lga without changing to tower frequency, without landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	397340
Time
Date	199803
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	397340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	397245
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera 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:

Over the maspeth tanks on the expressway visual approach to runway 31, we were cleared to slow to 170 KTS, descend from 4000 ft and follow a commuter aircraft on the downwind. While descending, slowing, configuring and searching for the small traffic, we did not hear approach control switch us to tower. Meanwhile, approach control was vectoring other aircraft in the pattern with reference to us, as the tower would have. As a result we landed on runway 31 while still on approach control frequency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT FLT LANDS AT LGA WITHOUT CHANGING TO TWR FREQ, WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: OVER THE MASPETH TANKS ON THE EXPRESSWAY VISUAL APCH TO RWY 31, WE WERE CLRED TO SLOW TO 170 KTS, DSND FROM 4000 FT AND FOLLOW A COMMUTER ACFT ON THE DOWNWIND. WHILE DSNDING, SLOWING, CONFIGURING AND SEARCHING FOR THE SMALL TFC, WE DID NOT HEAR APCH CTL SWITCH US TO TWR. MEANWHILE, APCH CTL WAS VECTORING OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN WITH REF TO US, AS THE TWR WOULD HAVE. AS A RESULT WE LANDED ON RWY 31 WHILE STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ.

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.