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Small transport crew landed on runway 12L after the controller gave de-facto clearance to land. The runway was closed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 529697 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 529697 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
I contacted tower after handoff from hou approach control. Reported we were on a visual approach to runway 12R. Tower asked where we were parking. I said at the FBO. He said runway 12L was available. I said fine. We landed on runway 12L. After landing, we were told to call tower. We were informed we had landed on a closed runway. We both heard that runway 12L was available -- that is why we changed runways from runway 12L to runway 12R. If the tower operator would not have said anything about runway 12L, we would have landed on runway 12R and none of this litigation would have arisen. The tower operator should not have mentioned anything about runway 12L and none of the above would have occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT CREW LANDED ON RWY 12L AFTER THE CTLR GAVE DE-FACTO CLRNC TO LAND. THE RWY WAS CLOSED.
Narrative: I CONTACTED TWR AFTER HDOF FROM HOU APCH CTL. RPTED WE WERE ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 12R. TWR ASKED WHERE WE WERE PARKING. I SAID AT THE FBO. HE SAID RWY 12L WAS AVAILABLE. I SAID FINE. WE LANDED ON RWY 12L. AFTER LNDG, WE WERE TOLD TO CALL TWR. WE WERE INFORMED WE HAD LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY. WE BOTH HEARD THAT RWY 12L WAS AVAILABLE -- THAT IS WHY WE CHANGED RWYS FROM RWY 12L TO RWY 12R. IF THE TWR OPERATOR WOULD NOT HAVE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT RWY 12L, WE WOULD HAVE LANDED ON RWY 12R AND NONE OF THIS LITIGATION WOULD HAVE ARISEN. THE TWR OPERATOR SHOULD NOT HAVE MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT RWY 12L AND NONE OF THE ABOVE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.
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.