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Flight crew of a B737-300 failed to contact the tower for landing after being cleared for a visual approach and told to contact tower at 5 mi.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467630 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gsp.airport |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 467630 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared visual by approach control and told to contact tower at 5 mi. We dialed the frequency but didn't switch to tower. We landed and didn't realize we had not contacted tower until we were clearing runway. We were fairly high on downwind. This is a contributing factor as we were very busy configuring and losing altitude.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737-300 FAILED TO CONTACT THE TWR FOR LNDG AFTER BEING CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH AND TOLD TO CONTACT TWR AT 5 MI.
Narrative: CLRED VISUAL BY APCH CTL AND TOLD TO CONTACT TWR AT 5 MI. WE DIALED THE FREQ BUT DIDN'T SWITCH TO TWR. WE LANDED AND DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD NOT CONTACTED TWR UNTIL WE WERE CLRING RWY. WE WERE FAIRLY HIGH ON DOWNWIND. THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AS WE WERE VERY BUSY CONFIGURING AND LOSING ALT.
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.