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DC9 crew did not get instruction from approach control to contact tower and landed without receiving clearance to land from the tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405750 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival 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 : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 405750 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Perfect day, cavu, light winds, everything was perfect, except that I forgot to change over to tower frequency and get clearance to land. I did check everything else twice, airspeed, confign, traffic, everything! Except, of course to get landing clearance. I've dreaded this exact thing my entire career and complacency got me today. My apologies to ATC. Approach control never told us to contact tower and I guess I rely too much on that. No excuse, I just dropped the ball.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC9 CREW DID NOT GET INSTRUCTION FROM APCH CTL TO CONTACT TWR AND LANDED WITHOUT RECEIVING CLRNC TO LAND FROM THE TWR.
Narrative: PERFECT DAY, CAVU, LIGHT WINDS, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, EXCEPT THAT I FORGOT TO CHANGE OVER TO TWR FREQ AND GET CLRNC TO LAND. I DID CHK EVERYTHING ELSE TWICE, AIRSPD, CONFIGN, TFC, EVERYTHING! EXCEPT, OF COURSE TO GET LNDG CLRNC. I'VE DREADED THIS EXACT THING MY ENTIRE CAREER AND COMPLACENCY GOT ME TODAY. MY APOLOGIES TO ATC. APCH CTL NEVER TOLD US TO CONTACT TWR AND I GUESS I RELY TOO MUCH ON THAT. NO EXCUSE, I JUST DROPPED THE BALL.
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.