ZKC controller described a conflict event when failing to advise idp tower of an inbound aircraft's ...

Attributes
ACN	914865
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	IDP.Airport
State Reference	KS
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Person 2
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31 Flight Crew Total 1007 Flight Crew Type 600
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

A C182 was an IFR aircraft inbound to idp. Aircraft canceled IFR; cancellation was acknowledged and pilot was cleared to squawk VFR and change to advisory frequency. I didn't pass the cancellation information to the tower; I'd been trying to get another facility to answer a land line in order to complete a point out; heard the cancellation via the speaker; disengaged the land line to acknowledge the cancellation and went immediately back to trying to raise the adjacent facility on the land line to complete the point out and forgot about passing the cancellation. The pilot apparently didn't contact the idp tower and landed at idp facing a departure on the same runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZKC Controller described a conflict event when failing to advise IDP Tower of an inbound aircraft's IFR cancellation; the pilot reporter failing to note the existence of a tower; entering Class D without clearance.

Narrative: A C182 was an IFR aircraft inbound to IDP. Aircraft canceled IFR; cancellation was acknowledged and pilot was cleared to squawk VFR and change to advisory frequency. I didn't pass the cancellation information to the Tower; I'd been trying to get another facility to answer a land line in order to complete a point out; heard the cancellation via the speaker; disengaged the land line to acknowledge the cancellation and went immediately back to trying to raise the adjacent facility on the land line to complete the point out and forgot about passing the cancellation. The pilot apparently didn't contact the IDP Tower and landed at IDP facing a departure on the same runway.

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.

ZKC controller described a conflict event when failing to advise idp tower of an inbound aircraft's IFR cancellation; the pilot reporter failing to note the existence of a tower; entering class D without clearance.