<< >> NASA ASRS Report 452797, October 1999

Instructor pilot giving landing practice to a student in a C172 landed without clearance due to a faulty #1 communications radio. Tower controller sent a british hawker around.

Attributes
ACN	452797
Time
Date	199910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ugn.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ugn.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : ugn.tower
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	HS 125 Series 1-600
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : visual
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 640 flight time type : 280
ASRS Report	452797
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic flight crew : executed go around none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was in the traffic pattern for runway 32 at ugn with a student pilot doing landing training. While in left traffic, I was giving instruction to my student and became distraction. I let the student land the aircraft without hearing a landing clearance from the control tower, and upon exiting the runway for taxi back, I heard nothing from the control tower. I then realized my #1 communication radio had failed while I was in the pattern. I contacted the tower on #2 radio and received a taxi clearance. I then learned that my landing had caused a hawker jet to go around. I caused the jet to go around, because I landed without proper clearance, due to the communication radio failure. I cannot think of any way I could have prevented the incident, but the control tower seemed to be less concerned than I was, and they did not ask me to stop and talk it over, so I guess it wasn't very serious to them.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT GIVING LNDG PRACTICE TO A STUDENT IN A C172 LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC DUE TO A FAULTY #1 COMS RADIO. TWR CTLR SENT A BRITISH HAWKER AROUND.

Narrative: I WAS IN THE TFC PATTERN FOR RWY 32 AT UGN WITH A STUDENT PLT DOING LNDG TRAINING. WHILE IN L TFC, I WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO MY STUDENT AND BECAME DISTR. I LET THE STUDENT LAND THE ACFT WITHOUT HEARING A LNDG CLRNC FROM THE CTL TWR, AND UPON EXITING THE RWY FOR TAXI BACK, I HEARD NOTHING FROM THE CTL TWR. I THEN REALIZED MY #1 COM RADIO HAD FAILED WHILE I WAS IN THE PATTERN. I CONTACTED THE TWR ON #2 RADIO AND RECEIVED A TAXI CLRNC. I THEN LEARNED THAT MY LNDG HAD CAUSED A HAWKER JET TO GO AROUND. I CAUSED THE JET TO GO AROUND, BECAUSE I LANDED WITHOUT PROPER CLRNC, DUE TO THE COM RADIO FAILURE. I CANNOT THINK OF ANY WAY I COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT, BUT THE CTL TWR SEEMED TO BE LESS CONCERNED THAN I WAS, AND THEY DID NOT ASK ME TO STOP AND TALK IT OVER, SO I GUESS IT WASN'T VERY SERIOUS TO THEM.

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.