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An air carrier large transport flight lands at lga without changing to tower frequency, without landing clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 397340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga |
| 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 |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| ASRS Report | 397340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 397245 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera 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:
Over the maspeth tanks on the expressway visual approach to runway 31, we were cleared to slow to 170 KTS, descend from 4000 ft and follow a commuter aircraft on the downwind. While descending, slowing, configuring and searching for the small traffic, we did not hear approach control switch us to tower. Meanwhile, approach control was vectoring other aircraft in the pattern with reference to us, as the tower would have. As a result we landed on runway 31 while still on approach control frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT FLT LANDS AT LGA WITHOUT CHANGING TO TWR FREQ, WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC.
Narrative: OVER THE MASPETH TANKS ON THE EXPRESSWAY VISUAL APCH TO RWY 31, WE WERE CLRED TO SLOW TO 170 KTS, DSND FROM 4000 FT AND FOLLOW A COMMUTER ACFT ON THE DOWNWIND. WHILE DSNDING, SLOWING, CONFIGURING AND SEARCHING FOR THE SMALL TFC, WE DID NOT HEAR APCH CTL SWITCH US TO TWR. MEANWHILE, APCH CTL WAS VECTORING OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN WITH REF TO US, AS THE TWR WOULD HAVE. AS A RESULT WE LANDED ON RWY 31 WHILE STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ.
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.