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A B727 flight crew landing at sjc, forgets to call the tower for landing clearance. The tower did issue light signals for landing clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 412090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Tue |
| 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 | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 412090 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far |
| 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:
On approach to ILS runway 30L, we were not handed off to tower. We as a crew were busy with the approach, as conditions were IFR (IMC), and did not/forgot to ask for a handoff to tower. We landed without a verbal clearance from tower. When we switched to ground frequency, the controller asked if we heard tower clearing us to land and if we saw the flashing green light from the tower. This tells us that we indeed did have clearance to land. In the busy IMC, both we and bay approach control forgot to xfer us to sjc tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FLC LNDG AT SJC, FORGETS TO CALL THE TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC. THE TWR DID ISSUE LIGHT SIGNALS FOR LNDG CLRNC.
Narrative: ON APCH TO ILS RWY 30L, WE WERE NOT HANDED OFF TO TWR. WE AS A CREW WERE BUSY WITH THE APCH, AS CONDITIONS WERE IFR (IMC), AND DID NOT/FORGOT TO ASK FOR A HDOF TO TWR. WE LANDED WITHOUT A VERBAL CLRNC FROM TWR. WHEN WE SWITCHED TO GND FREQ, THE CTLR ASKED IF WE HEARD TWR CLRING US TO LAND AND IF WE SAW THE FLASHING GREEN LIGHT FROM THE TWR. THIS TELLS US THAT WE INDEED DID HAVE CLRNC TO LAND. IN THE BUSY IMC, BOTH WE AND BAY APCH CTL FORGOT TO XFER US TO SJC TWR.
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.