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Flight test crew involved in training fails to change to tower frequency. Received light gun landing clearance and discovered mistake when contacting ground.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 480680 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tus.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 4800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : u90.tracon |
| Operator | Other |
| Make Model Name | Gates Learjet Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 134 flight time total : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 480680 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 40 |
| ASRS Report | 480573 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllerb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Cleared for the visual approach 6 NM from runway 29R. Training PF in flight test operations in the lear 45. Failed to switch frequency to tower. High workload involved. Received green light from tower and landed without incident. Did not realize mistake until contacting ground control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT TEST CREW INVOLVED IN TRAINING FAILS TO CHANGE TO TWR FREQ. RECEIVED LIGHT GUN LNDG CLRNC AND DISCOVERED MISTAKE WHEN CONTACTING GND.
Narrative: CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH 6 NM FROM RWY 29R. TRAINING PF IN FLT TEST OPS IN THE LEAR 45. FAILED TO SWITCH FREQ TO TWR. HIGH WORKLOAD INVOLVED. RECEIVED GREEN LIGHT FROM TWR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DID NOT REALIZE MISTAKE UNTIL CONTACTING GND CTL.
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.