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Flight crew of a jetstream 41 lands at sbn without clearance. First officer, PNF, says they never received the handoff. Both pilots cite flight crew's distraction and their extemporaneous conversation as causal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 381920 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sbn |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sbn |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 41 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 41 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 16500 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 381920 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 95 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 325 |
| ASRS Report | 381530 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Landed without tower clearance. Still on approach control upon landing. Missed or never got handoff from approach controller to tower. Was cleared to a visual on runway 27L. Became aware of oversight upon landing. Realized then we still had approach control frequency. Crew became distraction by commenting on landmarks as we approached, ie, notre dame university and distant view of chicago. Best corrective action is to adhere to sterile cockpit at all times during approach. Contacted tower facility by telephone afterwards. Controller stated no conflict resulted. Supplemental information from acn 381530: ATC was very busy and we never heard 'switch to tower.' also, we were on a short base to final when cleared for visual and got busy performing normal checklist items. Also, some non pertinent conversation was made mins before landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A JETSTREAM 41 LANDS AT SBN WITHOUT CLRNC. FO, PNF, SAYS THEY NEVER RECEIVED THE HDOF. BOTH PLTS CITE FLC'S DISTR AND THEIR EXTEMPORANEOUS CONVERSATION AS CAUSAL.
Narrative: LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. STILL ON APCH CTL UPON LNDG. MISSED OR NEVER GOT HDOF FROM APCH CTLR TO TWR. WAS CLRED TO A VISUAL ON RWY 27L. BECAME AWARE OF OVERSIGHT UPON LNDG. REALIZED THEN WE STILL HAD APCH CTL FREQ. CREW BECAME DISTR BY COMMENTING ON LANDMARKS AS WE APCHED, IE, NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AND DISTANT VIEW OF CHICAGO. BEST CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO ADHERE TO STERILE COCKPIT AT ALL TIMES DURING APCH. CONTACTED TWR FACILITY BY TELEPHONE AFTERWARDS. CTLR STATED NO CONFLICT RESULTED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 381530: ATC WAS VERY BUSY AND WE NEVER HEARD 'SWITCH TO TWR.' ALSO, WE WERE ON A SHORT BASE TO FINAL WHEN CLRED FOR VISUAL AND GOT BUSY PERFORMING NORMAL CHKLIST ITEMS. ALSO, SOME NON PERTINENT CONVERSATION WAS MADE MINS BEFORE 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.