Cessna 172 pilot landed downwind at destination airport without contacting the tower before landing.

Attributes
ACN	527564
Time
Date	200110
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mul.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 26 flight time total : 215 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	527564
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry incursion : landing without clearance incursion : runway inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airport Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

My WX briefing I got before flight was clear WX and wind was from 350 degrees at 20 KTS. No NOTAMS. I started my flight from 27J and contacted augusta approach for flight following and requested handoff and advisory. Was handed off to macon then jacksonville center, then valdosta, then when I got 12 mi out from mul airport, valdosta told me to contact multrie approach on frequency 128.2 I could not make contact so I tried unicom on frequency 123.0 and still no response so I landed on runway 14 because it was favoring the wind. The guy in a truck with sign follow me led me to park and then gave me a note to call tower. That was when I found out the NOTAMS. He tried to tell me I was landing with a 20 KT tailwind. But I was watching smoke from a fire and a blimp on a rope. Mul airport had set up a temperature control tower. And they were using runway 32. They had farm equipment about 1/2 mile out from runway 14 and could be hazardous and the blimp on a rope could be hazardous too. Landing on runway 32 with a 20 KT tailwind could be hazardous for small aircraft. Not keeping unicom frequency active could be hazardous too. Valdosta should know proper frequency when helping control traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CESSNA 172 PLT LANDED DOWNWIND AT DEST ARPT WITHOUT CONTACTING THE TWR BEFORE LNDG.

Narrative: MY WX BRIEFING I GOT BEFORE FLT WAS CLR WX AND WIND WAS FROM 350 DEGS AT 20 KTS. NO NOTAMS. I STARTED MY FLT FROM 27J AND CONTACTED AUGUSTA APCH FOR FLT FOLLOWING AND REQUESTED HANDOFF AND ADVISORY. WAS HANDED OFF TO MACON THEN JACKSONVILLE CENTER, THEN VALDOSTA, THEN WHEN I GOT 12 MI OUT FROM MUL ARPT, VALDOSTA TOLD ME TO CONTACT MULTRIE APCH ON FREQ 128.2 I COULD NOT MAKE CONTACT SO I TRIED UNICOM ON FREQ 123.0 AND STILL NO RESPONSE SO I LANDED ON RWY 14 BECAUSE IT WAS FAVORING THE WIND. THE GUY IN A TRUCK WITH SIGN FOLLOW ME LED ME TO PARK AND THEN GAVE ME A NOTE TO CALL TWR. THAT WAS WHEN I FOUND OUT THE NOTAMS. HE TRIED TO TELL ME I WAS LNDG WITH A 20 KT TAILWIND. BUT I WAS WATCHING SMOKE FROM A FIRE AND A BLIMP ON A ROPE. MUL ARPT HAD SET UP A TEMP CTL TWR. AND THEY WERE USING RWY 32. THEY HAD FARM EQUIP ABOUT 1/2 MILE OUT FROM RWY 14 AND COULD BE HAZARDOUS AND THE BLIMP ON A ROPE COULD BE HAZARDOUS TOO. LNDG ON RWY 32 WITH A 20 KT TAILWIND COULD BE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL ACFT. NOT KEEPING UNICOM FREQ ACTIVE COULD BE HAZARDOUS TOO. VALDOSTA SHOULD KNOW PROPER FREQ WHEN HELPING CTL TFC.

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.