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An air carrier first officer reported landing without clearance after being distracted by a wake turbulence encounter on a visual approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 857543 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ONT.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 275 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
On final approach into ontario 26R we were following a B737 on a visual approach. When we were on final we encountered some of the 737's wake turbulence causing action to be taken by the crew to correct the problem. As we were reacting ontario tower responded to our initial call up stating our position on the approach. We believed that we were cleared to land on 26R but due to the wake turbulence encounter and the action taken by the crew we did not follow our cockpit procedures of clearing out our altitude pre-select and switching on our taxi light when we were cleared to land. This led us to question wether or not we were actually cleared to land. Both the captain and myself felt that we were but were not sure as we forgot to set up our cockpit as if we were cleared to land. Tower did not state anything after we had landed; nor did ground control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier First Officer reported landing without clearance after being distracted by a wake turbulence encounter on a visual approach.
Narrative: On final approach into Ontario 26R we were following a B737 on a visual approach. When we were on final we encountered some of the 737's wake turbulence causing action to be taken by the crew to correct the problem. As we were reacting Ontario tower responded to our initial call up stating our position on the approach. We believed that we were cleared to land on 26R but due to the wake turbulence encounter and the action taken by the crew we did not follow our cockpit procedures of clearing out our altitude pre-select and switching on our taxi light when we were cleared to land. This led us to question wether or not we were actually cleared to land. Both the Captain and myself felt that we were but were not sure as we forgot to set up our cockpit as if we were cleared to land. Tower did not state anything after we had landed; nor did ground control.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.