Narrative:

Dfw tower. Aircraft was cleared to land and never received or acknowledged a land and hold short of taxiway B clearance. However, during rollout, another MD80 crossed ahead at taxiway B. Fortunately, our flight was at taxi speed and was able to make the high speed turnoff at taxiway E5. Tower was notified that a follow-up would be made by the flight crew. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: PIC stated that the approach controller did not hand the flight over to the tower until about a 3-4 mi final, and then at the request of the flight crew. A review of the tapes indicated that the tower controller did issue a lahso to the flight but prior to the flight being on frequency. Both the tower chief and the chief pilot advised the reporter that this was a system or operational error. The odd part about the event was the unanswered question of: why did the tower controller issue a landing clearance and the lahso if the flight had not yet checked in? The reporter was unable to answer that question. Dfw approach and tower coordination procedures call for a marked note to be used for an indication of whether the flight was issued a lahso. This was not addressed by the controllers in their feedback to the reporter and his chief pilot. PIC said it 'was a busy day' at dfw.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LNDG S80 NOTES ANOTHER MD80 XING RWY 18R AT TXWY B, 2000 FT AHEAD, AS THE S80 TURNS OFF AT HIGH SPD TXWY E5. PIC NOTIFIED TWR THAT A FOLLOW UP WOULD BE MADE. RPTR COMPLAINS OF NOT BEING ISSUED A LAHSO.

Narrative: DFW TWR. ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND AND NEVER RECEIVED OR ACKNOWLEDGED A LAND AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY B CLRNC. HOWEVER, DURING ROLLOUT, ANOTHER MD80 CROSSED AHEAD AT TXWY B. FORTUNATELY, OUR FLT WAS AT TAXI SPD AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE HIGH SPD TURNOFF AT TXWY E5. TWR WAS NOTIFIED THAT A FOLLOW-UP WOULD BE MADE BY THE FLC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PIC STATED THAT THE APCH CTLR DID NOT HAND THE FLT OVER TO THE TWR UNTIL ABOUT A 3-4 MI FINAL, AND THEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE FLC. A REVIEW OF THE TAPES INDICATED THAT THE TWR CTLR DID ISSUE A LAHSO TO THE FLT BUT PRIOR TO THE FLT BEING ON FREQ. BOTH THE TWR CHIEF AND THE CHIEF PLT ADVISED THE RPTR THAT THIS WAS A SYS OR OPERROR. THE ODD PART ABOUT THE EVENT WAS THE UNANSWERED QUESTION OF: WHY DID THE TWR CTLR ISSUE A LNDG CLRNC AND THE LAHSO IF THE FLT HAD NOT YET CHKED IN? THE RPTR WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. DFW APCH AND TWR COORD PROCS CALL FOR A MARKED NOTE TO BE USED FOR AN INDICATION OF WHETHER THE FLT WAS ISSUED A LAHSO. THIS WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE CTLRS IN THEIR FEEDBACK TO THE RPTR AND HIS CHIEF PLT. PIC SAID IT 'WAS A BUSY DAY' AT DFW.

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.