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Aircraft lands on runway without tower clearance. Flight crew realizes tower frequency was never used, therefore clearance to land could not have been received.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 276164 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 276164 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
First officer was handling radios when advised by approach control to contact tower. He dialed in the wrong frequency and broadcasted our intent to land. We were switched to tower close in and were distracted by preceding traffic on our runway and the parallel (runway 35). I queried the first officer on landing clearance and was told that we were 'cleared to land.' after leaving runway we saw the wrong frequency dialed on the radio.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT LANDS ON RWY WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. FLC REALIZES TWR FREQ WAS NEVER USED, THEREFORE CLRNC TO LAND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
Narrative: FO WAS HANDLING RADIOS WHEN ADVISED BY APCH CTL TO CONTACT TWR. HE DIALED IN THE WRONG FREQ AND BROADCASTED OUR INTENT TO LAND. WE WERE SWITCHED TO TWR CLOSE IN AND WERE DISTRACTED BY PRECEDING TFC ON OUR RWY AND THE PARALLEL (RWY 35). I QUERIED THE FO ON LNDG CLRNC AND WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE 'CLRED TO LAND.' AFTER LEAVING RWY WE SAW THE WRONG FREQ DIALED ON THE RADIO.
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.