<< >> NASA ASRS Report 404760, June 1998

Widebody transport freight aircraft landing at foreign airport, flight crew forgot to get landing clearance from the tower. Reporter first officer says language difficulty contributed.

Attributes
ACN	404760
Time
Date	199806
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pen
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	404760
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On approach to penang, received a late letdown clearance and 80 degree intercept for runway 4 to fly the ILS, about 9 mi out 4000 ft. This required time to get established on the localizer and a maximum rate of descent for a safe landing. There was also confusion with approach control due to language. Preoccupied with the challenging intercept and descent and the confusion with approach control because of language difficulty, we apparently missed getting a landing clearance from tower. Even though we had switched to tower after clearing runway and talking to ground, they advised us we had not received landing clearance. There was no conflict in the air nor on the ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FREIGHT ACFT LNDG AT FOREIGN ARPT, FLC FORGOT TO GET LNDG CLRNC FROM THE TWR. RPTR FO SAYS LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY CONTRIBUTED.

Narrative: ON APCH TO PENANG, RECEIVED A LATE LETDOWN CLRNC AND 80 DEG INTERCEPT FOR RWY 4 TO FLY THE ILS, ABOUT 9 MI OUT 4000 FT. THIS REQUIRED TIME TO GET ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC AND A MAX RATE OF DSCNT FOR A SAFE LNDG. THERE WAS ALSO CONFUSION WITH APCH CTL DUE TO LANGUAGE. PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CHALLENGING INTERCEPT AND DSCNT AND THE CONFUSION WITH APCH CTL BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY, WE APPARENTLY MISSED GETTING A LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SWITCHED TO TWR AFTER CLRING RWY AND TALKING TO GND, THEY ADVISED US WE HAD NOT RECEIVED LNDG CLRNC. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT IN THE AIR NOR ON THE GND.

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.