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A BA4100 flight crew lands at bwi without landing clearance after (rwc) a high altitude GS intercept from approach controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462230 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi.airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 41 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 33l |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 850 |
| ASRS Report | 462230 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were given a heading to intercept the localizer for runway 33L and we were cleared for the approach. After we intercepted the localizer we had to chase down the GS as a result of being vectored too close to the GS intercept altitude. A few hundred ft later we were able to intercept the GS and continued the approach at a normal descent rate and landed safely. As we cleared the runway we realized that we had never contacted tower to receive a landing clearance. We immediately talked to ground control and received instructions to taxi to the ramp. No comment was made by any of the controllers. At no time during the approach were we instructed to switch to tower frequency. I believe the overwork of trying to catch up with the GS and the fact that approach control never instructed us to switch to tower were to blame for that distraction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BA4100 FLC LANDS AT BWI WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC AFTER (RWC) A HIGH ALT GS INTERCEPT FROM APCH CTLR.
Narrative: WE WERE GIVEN A HEADING TO INTERCEPT THE LOC FOR RWY 33L AND WE WERE CLRED FOR THE APCH. AFTER WE INTERCEPTED THE LOC WE HAD TO CHASE DOWN THE GS AS A RESULT OF BEING VECTORED TOO CLOSE TO THE GS INTERCEPT ALT. A FEW HUNDRED FT LATER WE WERE ABLE TO INTERCEPT THE GS AND CONTINUED THE APCH AT A NORMAL DSCNT RATE AND LANDED SAFELY. AS WE CLRED THE RWY WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD NEVER CONTACTED TWR TO RECEIVE A LNDG CLRNC. WE IMMEDIATELY TALKED TO GND CTL AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. NO COMMENT WAS MADE BY ANY OF THE CTLRS. AT NO TIME DURING THE APCH WERE WE INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH TO TWR FREQ. I BELIEVE THE OVERWORK OF TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE GS AND THE FACT THAT APCH CTL NEVER INSTRUCTED US TO SWITCH TO TWR WERE TO BLAME FOR THAT DISTR.
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.