An A320 flight crew lands without clearance and is still on bay approach frequency after landing in ...

Attributes
ACN	534861
Time
Date	200201
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
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 : 70 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	534861
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Airspace Structure FAA
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On downwind for a slam dunk visual to runway 28R at sfo, assigned airspeed was 220 KTS. Turned base leg and told to look for parallel traffic on visual to runway 28L. First officer was flying and captain was keeping traffic in sight and helping with return to normal glide path. First officer did great job of descending and slowing, and we kept traffic in sight. Stabilized approach by 1200 ft and nice touchdown. Cleared runway 28R at taxiway T and held short of runway 28L. After waiting for clearance to cross runway 28L for 45 seconds, captain noticed that radios were still on approach frequency. Had not received tower clearance to land. Switched to tower and received clearance across runway 28R. Another factor was inability to secure door open due to security bar...ferry flight door was flapping open and shut because security bar prevents magnetic latch from holding door open, as required by afm on ferry flts. Tower did not think the missed radio switch was a big deal. Do not remember if we were cleared to land by anyone. We need to spell out a way to secure the door open now that the security bar is installed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 FLC LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC AND IS STILL ON BAY APCH FREQ AFTER LNDG IN SFO, CA.

Narrative: ON DOWNWIND FOR A SLAM DUNK VISUAL TO RWY 28R AT SFO, ASSIGNED AIRSPD WAS 220 KTS. TURNED BASE LEG AND TOLD TO LOOK FOR PARALLEL TFC ON VISUAL TO RWY 28L. FO WAS FLYING AND CAPT WAS KEEPING TFC IN SIGHT AND HELPING WITH RETURN TO NORMAL GLIDE PATH. FO DID GREAT JOB OF DSNDING AND SLOWING, AND WE KEPT TFC IN SIGHT. STABILIZED APCH BY 1200 FT AND NICE TOUCHDOWN. CLRED RWY 28R AT TXWY T AND HELD SHORT OF RWY 28L. AFTER WAITING FOR CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 28L FOR 45 SECONDS, CAPT NOTICED THAT RADIOS WERE STILL ON APCH FREQ. HAD NOT RECEIVED TWR CLRNC TO LAND. SWITCHED TO TWR AND RECEIVED CLRNC ACROSS RWY 28R. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS INABILITY TO SECURE DOOR OPEN DUE TO SECURITY BAR...FERRY FLT DOOR WAS FLAPPING OPEN AND SHUT BECAUSE SECURITY BAR PREVENTS MAGNETIC LATCH FROM HOLDING DOOR OPEN, AS REQUIRED BY AFM ON FERRY FLTS. TWR DID NOT THINK THE MISSED RADIO SWITCH WAS A BIG DEAL. DO NOT REMEMBER IF WE WERE CLRED TO LAND BY ANYONE. WE NEED TO SPELL OUT A WAY TO SECURE THE DOOR OPEN NOW THAT THE SECURITY BAR IS INSTALLED.

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.

An A320 flight crew lands without clearance and is still on bay approach frequency after landing in sfo, ca.