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Flight crew of a widebody transport forgot to retune to tower and obtain landing clearance at OM as instructed by approach controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500750 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence Windshear |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pit.tracon tower : pit.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 220 |
| ASRS Report | 500750 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight fra-pit. Gusty winds on approach and landing. Approach control instructed to contact tower at the OM. After landing, noticed that tower frequency was not tuned in, thus, we landing without clearance. No mention was made of the mistake by either parties. Still on approach frequency, controller told us to contact ground followed by 'have a good day.' no traffic in area at the time. VFR and windy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB FORGOT TO RETUNE TO TWR AND OBTAIN LNDG CLRNC AT OM AS INSTRUCTED BY APCH CTLR.
Narrative: FLT FRA-PIT. GUSTY WINDS ON APCH AND LNDG. APCH CTL INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT TWR AT THE OM. AFTER LNDG, NOTICED THAT TWR FREQ WAS NOT TUNED IN, THUS, WE LWOC. NO MENTION WAS MADE OF THE MISTAKE BY EITHER PARTIES. STILL ON APCH FREQ, CTLR TOLD US TO CONTACT GND FOLLOWED BY 'HAVE A GOOD DAY.' NO TFC IN AREA AT THE TIME. VFR AND WINDY.
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.