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Flight crew of an light transport forgot to contact tower prior to landing after a handoff from approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 304204 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : hvn |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 304204 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| 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:
We were being vectored on a right downwind to the visual approach for runway 10L and were told to follow an md-80. We reported the traffic in sight and were cleared for the visual behind the md-80 and told to contact tower at the marker. This was as we were turning base. Once we landed, we realized we never contacted tower. We then notified tower that we were down and clear runway 10L. He told us to 'contact ground and have a nice day.' at no time was any safety in jeopardy. I think 1 of the factors that caused us to not change to tower from approach wa the fact that it was VFR and we were following the md-80 and were told to contact the tower at a time in the future (ie, at the marker). When we contacted the tower once clear of the runway he didn't act as though anything unusual occurred. We figured what he did was clear us to land and we just didn't respond.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT FORGOT TO CONTACT TWR PRIOR TO LNDG AFTER A HDOF FROM APCH.
Narrative: WE WERE BEING VECTORED ON A R DOWNWIND TO THE VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 10L AND WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW AN MD-80. WE RPTED THE TFC IN SIGHT AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL BEHIND THE MD-80 AND TOLD TO CONTACT TWR AT THE MARKER. THIS WAS AS WE WERE TURNING BASE. ONCE WE LANDED, WE REALIZED WE NEVER CONTACTED TWR. WE THEN NOTIFIED TWR THAT WE WERE DOWN AND CLR RWY 10L. HE TOLD US TO 'CONTACT GND AND HAVE A NICE DAY.' AT NO TIME WAS ANY SAFETY IN JEOPARDY. I THINK 1 OF THE FACTORS THAT CAUSED US TO NOT CHANGE TO TWR FROM APCH WA THE FACT THAT IT WAS VFR AND WE WERE FOLLOWING THE MD-80 AND WERE TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR AT A TIME IN THE FUTURE (IE, AT THE MARKER). WHEN WE CONTACTED THE TWR ONCE CLR OF THE RWY HE DIDN'T ACT AS THOUGH ANYTHING UNUSUAL OCCURRED. WE FIGURED WHAT HE DID WAS CLR US TO LAND AND WE JUST DIDN'T RESPOND.
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.