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BE1900D aircraft on visual approach was not handed off from approach controller and forgot to call tower before landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353080 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : syr |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 680 |
| ASRS Report | 353080 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 6400 flight time type : 5200 |
| ASRS Report | 353199 |
| 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:
I was sic and PF on a commuter flight. We had just descended through an overcast, flight visibility was good, field was in sight. My captain was working the radios (PNF). He was teaching me how to conduct a particular part of the approach. Syr approach was working us at 118.05 and failed to hand us off to syr tower 120.3. We realized this oversight during the flare but by the time we switched frequencys we were already on the ground. There was no other airplane in the pattern or waiting for takeoff at the time. We caused no conflict with anyone that would have crated a hazard. Tower cleared us to taxi to the ramp and no mention of this incident was made by them then or 15 mins later when we taxied out again. In retrospect, I believe it was safer to continue the landing than to go around during the flare. On reflecting, I believe we got distraction by the 'teaching process' which led us both to miss the fact that approach did not hand us off to the syr tower even though we had been cleared for the visual approach with the field in sight to runway 10.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE1900D ACFT ON VISUAL APCH WAS NOT HANDED OFF FROM APCH CTLR AND FORGOT TO CALL TWR BEFORE LNDG.
Narrative: I WAS SIC AND PF ON A COMMUTER FLT. WE HAD JUST DSNDED THROUGH AN OVCST, FLT VISIBILITY WAS GOOD, FIELD WAS IN SIGHT. MY CAPT WAS WORKING THE RADIOS (PNF). HE WAS TEACHING ME HOW TO CONDUCT A PARTICULAR PART OF THE APCH. SYR APCH WAS WORKING US AT 118.05 AND FAILED TO HAND US OFF TO SYR TWR 120.3. WE REALIZED THIS OVERSIGHT DURING THE FLARE BUT BY THE TIME WE SWITCHED FREQS WE WERE ALREADY ON THE GND. THERE WAS NO OTHER AIRPLANE IN THE PATTERN OR WAITING FOR TKOF AT THE TIME. WE CAUSED NO CONFLICT WITH ANYONE THAT WOULD HAVE CRATED A HAZARD. TWR CLRED US TO TAXI TO THE RAMP AND NO MENTION OF THIS INCIDENT WAS MADE BY THEM THEN OR 15 MINS LATER WHEN WE TAXIED OUT AGAIN. IN RETROSPECT, I BELIEVE IT WAS SAFER TO CONTINUE THE LNDG THAN TO GAR DURING THE FLARE. ON REFLECTING, I BELIEVE WE GOT DISTR BY THE 'TEACHING PROCESS' WHICH LED US BOTH TO MISS THE FACT THAT APCH DID NOT HAND US OFF TO THE SYR TWR EVEN THOUGH WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH WITH THE FIELD IN SIGHT TO RWY 10.
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.