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B737-300 aircraft landed without landing clearance from tower. Reporter captain says it's possible the did contact the tower and received clearance, but he was distraction trying to help new first officer with approach and landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388180 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 388180 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without 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:
During approach with a new first officer as PF, the aircraft drifted to approximately 2 dots high on GS with airspeed of 220 KTS. I was coaching the first officer to hold GS and reduce airspeed as we were handed off to tower. I contacted tower and was queried by the first officer about the same time. The first officer was able to achieve profile at the last min and the landing was normal. As we cleared the runway tower instructed us to contact ground control. At that time I realized that I had not received a landing clearance. ATC never said anything about landing without clearance. I simply cannot recall whether or not we had one. Distraction of a new first officer who was behind the airplane was a contributing factor but I should have made sure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 ACFT LANDED WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR. RPTR CAPT SAYS IT'S POSSIBLE THE DID CONTACT THE TWR AND RECEIVED CLRNC, BUT HE WAS DISTR TRYING TO HELP NEW FO WITH APCH AND LNDG.
Narrative: DURING APCH WITH A NEW FO AS PF, THE ACFT DRIFTED TO APPROX 2 DOTS HIGH ON GS WITH AIRSPD OF 220 KTS. I WAS COACHING THE FO TO HOLD GS AND REDUCE AIRSPD AS WE WERE HANDED OFF TO TWR. I CONTACTED TWR AND WAS QUERIED BY THE FO ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE FO WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE PROFILE AT THE LAST MIN AND THE LNDG WAS NORMAL. AS WE CLRED THE RWY TWR INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT GND CTL. AT THAT TIME I REALIZED THAT I HAD NOT RECEIVED A LNDG CLRNC. ATC NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC. I SIMPLY CANNOT RECALL WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD ONE. DISTR OF A NEW FO WHO WAS BEHIND THE AIRPLANE WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR BUT I SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE.
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.