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Attributes | |
ACN | 404760 |
Time | |
Date | 199806 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : pen |
State Reference | FO |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | Marginal |
Light | Daylight |
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 | descent : approach landing other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 3800 |
ASRS Report | 404760 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On approach to penang, received a late letdown clearance and 80 degree intercept for runway 4 to fly the ILS, about 9 mi out 4000 ft. This required time to get established on the localizer and a maximum rate of descent for a safe landing. There was also confusion with approach control due to language. Preoccupied with the challenging intercept and descent and the confusion with approach control because of language difficulty, we apparently missed getting a landing clearance from tower. Even though we had switched to tower after clearing runway and talking to ground, they advised us we had not received landing clearance. There was no conflict in the air nor on the ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB FREIGHT ACFT LNDG AT FOREIGN ARPT, FLC FORGOT TO GET LNDG CLRNC FROM THE TWR. RPTR FO SAYS LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY CONTRIBUTED.
Narrative: ON APCH TO PENANG, RECEIVED A LATE LETDOWN CLRNC AND 80 DEG INTERCEPT FOR RWY 4 TO FLY THE ILS, ABOUT 9 MI OUT 4000 FT. THIS REQUIRED TIME TO GET ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC AND A MAX RATE OF DSCNT FOR A SAFE LNDG. THERE WAS ALSO CONFUSION WITH APCH CTL DUE TO LANGUAGE. PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CHALLENGING INTERCEPT AND DSCNT AND THE CONFUSION WITH APCH CTL BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY, WE APPARENTLY MISSED GETTING A LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SWITCHED TO TWR AFTER CLRING RWY AND TALKING TO GND, THEY ADVISED US WE HAD NOT RECEIVED LNDG CLRNC. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT IN THE AIR NOR ON THE GND.
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.