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Attributes | |
ACN | 514180 |
Time | |
Date | 200106 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
State Reference | TX |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : lax.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Flight Phase | landing : roll |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 514180 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While on final to runway 18R at dfw, we had trouble establishing communication with dfw tower. We thought we heard the controller issue a landing clearance to us but the #1 communication radio was intermittent and some xmissions were garbled. The WX conditions were VFR and air traffic was light, so we made the decision to land. We made an entry for the #1 VHF communication radio so it could be checked. Upon landing, we re-established communication with tower and there was no indication of a conflict.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 FO RPTED THAT THEY LANDED AT DFW, EVEN THOUGH THEIR RADIO PROBS MADE THEM UNSURE IF THEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN CLRED TO LAND.
Narrative: WHILE ON FINAL TO RWY 18R AT DFW, WE HAD TROUBLE ESTABLISHING COM WITH DFW TWR. WE THOUGHT WE HEARD THE CTLR ISSUE A LNDG CLRNC TO US BUT THE #1 COM RADIO WAS INTERMITTENT AND SOME XMISSIONS WERE GARBLED. THE WX CONDITIONS WERE VFR AND AIR TFC WAS LIGHT, SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND. WE MADE AN ENTRY FOR THE #1 VHF COM RADIO SO IT COULD BE CHKED. UPON LNDG, WE RE-ESTABLISHED COM WITH TWR AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A CONFLICT.
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.