Private pilot of an small aircraft sel entered and landed without tower clearance due to not knowing...

Attributes
ACN	336310
Time
Date	199605
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ane
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ane
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 4 flight time total : 220 flight time type : 12
ASRS Report	336310
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Inbound to ane airport and making position reports on CTAF starting 10 mi out. Made standard pattern entries, 2 planes in pattern ahead of me. No conflicts. On short final was advised by an anonymous call that a temporary tower set up due to fly-in event. After tuning frequency 1 call made to establish contact. At this point I was almost over threshold and continued landing with no problems. Was cleared off runway, contacted ground, I stated my intentions to execute another takeoff, and away we went. We (I had another student pilot with me) had listened to local AWOS and ATIS and none mentioned any temporary tower operations in area. Learning on a short final there is a controller, is not best time to find out. Also, other aircraft were using the CTAF normally published frequency. We were both surprised that considering the number of calls by myself and other craft, the temporary tower crew could have (and should have) made announcement of frequency/control change. I was mad at myself for not having information on this change and copilot/myself were very curious where we could have easily and readily had access to the information. What of folks flying in from out of area? At no time were there any conflicts, or danger, but a lot of surprise on short final! Messed up a perfectly (almost -- good) landing!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF AN SMA SEL ENTERED AND LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC DUE TO NOT KNOWING THAT A TEMPORARY TWR HAD BEEN SET UP FOR A FLY-IN EVENT.

Narrative: INBOUND TO ANE ARPT AND MAKING POS RPTS ON CTAF STARTING 10 MI OUT. MADE STANDARD PATTERN ENTRIES, 2 PLANES IN PATTERN AHEAD OF ME. NO CONFLICTS. ON SHORT FINAL WAS ADVISED BY AN ANONYMOUS CALL THAT A TEMPORARY TWR SET UP DUE TO FLY-IN EVENT. AFTER TUNING FREQ 1 CALL MADE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT. AT THIS POINT I WAS ALMOST OVER THRESHOLD AND CONTINUED LNDG WITH NO PROBS. WAS CLRED OFF RWY, CONTACTED GND, I STATED MY INTENTIONS TO EXECUTE ANOTHER TKOF, AND AWAY WE WENT. WE (I HAD ANOTHER STUDENT PLT WITH ME) HAD LISTENED TO LCL AWOS AND ATIS AND NONE MENTIONED ANY TEMPORARY TWR OPS IN AREA. LEARNING ON A SHORT FINAL THERE IS A CTLR, IS NOT BEST TIME TO FIND OUT. ALSO, OTHER ACFT WERE USING THE CTAF NORMALLY PUBLISHED FREQ. WE WERE BOTH SURPRISED THAT CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF CALLS BY MYSELF AND OTHER CRAFT, THE TEMPORARY TWR CREW COULD HAVE (AND SHOULD HAVE) MADE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FREQ/CTL CHANGE. I WAS MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT HAVING INFO ON THIS CHANGE AND COPLT/MYSELF WERE VERY CURIOUS WHERE WE COULD HAVE EASILY AND READILY HAD ACCESS TO THE INFO. WHAT OF FOLKS FLYING IN FROM OUT OF AREA? AT NO TIME WERE THERE ANY CONFLICTS, OR DANGER, BUT A LOT OF SURPRISE ON SHORT FINAL! MESSED UP A PERFECTLY (ALMOST -- GOOD) LNDG!

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.

Private pilot of an small aircraft sel entered and landed without tower clearance due to not knowing that a temporary tower had been set up for a fly-in event.