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Flight crew of an air carrier has to make a high steep descent for a visual approach and lands without tower clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344640 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ind |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ind |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 344640 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance 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:
ZID kept our flight high for traffic. We were at FL240 at 50 DME for vhp. We were switched to approach control. Preoccupied with the rapid descent, approach cleared us for the runway 23R visual. We were using the ILS for backup. Approach failed and we were preoccupied with aircraft confign changes, to switch us to tower frequency for landing clearance. It was after landing that I realized we didn't call tower. I should have gotten vectors to lose altitude instead of trying to salvage a bad approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ACR HAS TO MAKE A HIGH STEEP DSCNT FOR A VISUAL APCH AND LANDS WITHOUT TWR CLRNC.
Narrative: ZID KEPT OUR FLT HIGH FOR TFC. WE WERE AT FL240 AT 50 DME FOR VHP. WE WERE SWITCHED TO APCH CTL. PREOCCUPIED WITH THE RAPID DSCNT, APCH CLRED US FOR THE RWY 23R VISUAL. WE WERE USING THE ILS FOR BACKUP. APCH FAILED AND WE WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH ACFT CONFIGN CHANGES, TO SWITCH US TO TWR FREQ FOR LNDG CLRNC. IT WAS AFTER LNDG THAT I REALIZED WE DIDN'T CALL TWR. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN VECTORS TO LOSE ALT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SALVAGE A BAD APCH.
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.