Narrative:

On an IFR flight plan from hrl to tlc. Approaching tlc VOR, we were cleared for a visibility approach and handed off to the tlc tower. On initial contact the tower instructed us to report on short final. The captain entered a left downwind for runway 33 turned base and final. On final I requested the winds, the tower issued the wind information, we continued the approach and landed. During the landing rollout the tower announced 'you landed west/O clearance'. After securing the aircraft I made a personal visit to the tower, the tower operator told me that this was the third time that one of our company airplanes had landed west/O a clearance and that he would report it to his superior. I realize that it is the pilot's responsibility to ensure that he has been issued a clearance before landing, however, I believe that the procedures used at tlc tower of requiring the pilots to report during the busiest phase of an approach, on short final, before issuing a landing clearance can lead to pilots forgetting to report and therefore many lndgs west/O appropriate clearance, as evidenced by the fact that 3 of our airplanes landed at tlc west/O a clearance in a 2 week period. I have no knowledge of this ever happening anywhere else. The WX was VMC, there was no other traffic in the airport traffic air traffic area. Was the tower operator keeping track of our progress? If he was, did he allow us to land west/O a clearance? On my personal visit to the tower the operator told me that many pilots just 'come down here and think that they could just do things their own way'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC AT FOREIGN ARPT.

Narrative: ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM HRL TO TLC. APCHING TLC VOR, WE WERE CLRED FOR A VIS APCH AND HANDED OFF TO THE TLC TWR. ON INITIAL CONTACT THE TWR INSTRUCTED US TO RPT ON SHORT FINAL. THE CAPT ENTERED A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 33 TURNED BASE AND FINAL. ON FINAL I REQUESTED THE WINDS, THE TWR ISSUED THE WIND INFO, WE CONTINUED THE APCH AND LANDED. DURING THE LNDG ROLLOUT THE TWR ANNOUNCED 'YOU LANDED W/O CLRNC'. AFTER SECURING THE ACFT I MADE A PERSONAL VISIT TO THE TWR, THE TWR OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT ONE OF OUR COMPANY AIRPLANES HAD LANDED W/O A CLRNC AND THAT HE WOULD RPT IT TO HIS SUPERIOR. I REALIZE THAT IT IS THE PLT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT HE HAS BEEN ISSUED A CLRNC BEFORE LNDG, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROCS USED AT TLC TWR OF REQUIRING THE PLTS TO RPT DURING THE BUSIEST PHASE OF AN APCH, ON SHORT FINAL, BEFORE ISSUING A LNDG CLRNC CAN LEAD TO PLTS FORGETTING TO RPT AND THEREFORE MANY LNDGS W/O APPROPRIATE CLRNC, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT 3 OF OUR AIRPLANES LANDED AT TLC W/O A CLRNC IN A 2 WK PERIOD. I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS EVER HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE. THE WX WAS VMC, THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC IN THE ARPT TFC ATA. WAS THE TWR OPERATOR KEEPING TRACK OF OUR PROGRESS? IF HE WAS, DID HE ALLOW US TO LAND W/O A CLRNC? ON MY PERSONAL VISIT TO THE TWR THE OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT MANY PLTS JUST 'COME DOWN HERE AND THINK THAT THEY COULD JUST DO THINGS THEIR OWN WAY'.

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.