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Flight crew of medium large transport understood cleared for visual. Changed to tower but tower advised approach controller had not cleared for the visual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 197480 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199112 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pns |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1700 msl bound upper : 1700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pns tower : pns |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 197480 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 184 flight time total : 3844 flight time type : 955 |
| ASRS Report | 197626 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Several mi east of pensacola airport heading 180 degrees descending to 1700 ft with expectation of clearance to visual approach upon breaking out of WX at 2000 ft. We called 'airport in sight' to approach control and believe we heard 'cleared for visual approach to runway 35 contact tower'. Upon contacting tower, we were told we weren't cleared for the visual approach. We apologized and went back to approach control. Approach control did not respond to our call so we went back to tower. Tower cleared us to land. There were no conflicts, no aircraft in area or on final as I recall. This was our third flight segment of the day and about 5 hours into our duty day. I believe this situation was the result of a missed communication/misunderstanding during a busy critical phase of flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF MLG UNDERSTOOD CLRED FOR VISUAL. CHANGED TO TWR BUT TWR ADVISED APCH CTLR HAD NOT CLRED FOR THE VISUAL.
Narrative: SEVERAL MI E OF PENSACOLA ARPT HDG 180 DEGS DSNDING TO 1700 FT WITH EXPECTATION OF CLRNC TO VISUAL APCH UPON BREAKING OUT OF WX AT 2000 FT. WE CALLED 'ARPT IN SIGHT' TO APCH CTL AND BELIEVE WE HEARD 'CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 35 CONTACT TWR'. UPON CONTACTING TWR, WE WERE TOLD WE WEREN'T CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH. WE APOLOGIZED AND WENT BACK TO APCH CTL. APCH CTL DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR CALL SO WE WENT BACK TO TWR. TWR CLRED US TO LAND. THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS, NO ACFT IN AREA OR ON FINAL AS I RECALL. THIS WAS OUR THIRD FLT SEGMENT OF THE DAY AND ABOUT 5 HRS INTO OUR DUTY DAY. I BELIEVE THIS SITUATION WAS THE RESULT OF A MISSED COM/MISUNDERSTANDING DURING A BUSY CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT.
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.