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Piaggio 180 captain reported landing without a clearance after they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1469490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | P180 Avanti |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 105 Flight Crew Type 230 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
I was PIC and pilot flying; sic was pilot monitoring and handling radio communication. The approach controller issued a speed restriction and gave us a warning for wake turbulence. Shortly after he gave us a heading to intercept the final approach course; and cleared us for the visual approach. The controller issued frequency change to tower; just as we encountered wake turbulence. We discussed the issue and adjusted our glide-path accordingly to avoid another wake turbulence encounter. We completed the before landing checklist items and on the roll-out realized that we did not switch to tower for our landing clearance. Distraction and lack of effective CRM resulted in missing required ATC communication during a critical phase of flight. The current approved checklist for the aircraft does not mention landing clearance on the 'before landing' checklist.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Piaggio 180 Captain reported landing without a clearance after they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter.
Narrative: I was PIC and pilot flying; SIC was pilot monitoring and handling radio communication. The Approach Controller issued a speed restriction and gave us a warning for wake turbulence. Shortly after he gave us a heading to intercept the final approach course; and cleared us for the visual approach. The Controller issued frequency change to Tower; just as we encountered wake turbulence. We discussed the issue and adjusted our glide-path accordingly to avoid another wake turbulence encounter. We completed the before landing checklist items and on the roll-out realized that we did not switch to Tower for our landing clearance. Distraction and lack of effective CRM resulted in missing required ATC communication during a critical phase of flight. The current approved checklist for the aircraft does not mention landing clearance on the 'Before Landing' checklist.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.