<< >> NASA ASRS Report 533373, December 2001

Medium large transport flight crew landed without clearance or contacting tower resulting in another aircraft being sent around.

Attributes
ACN	533373
Time
Date	200112
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	533373
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllerb
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic flight crew : executed go around none taken : unable other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were talking to approach control. I was flying captain and was working radios when we got to the point that approach control usually hand's you off to the tower they either didn't or we missed it. Needless to say we landed at lax without a landing clearance we rolled out to taxiway aa off of runway 24R where there was another airliner holding to cross runway 24L I went to get ready to switch to ground frequency when I noticed we weren't on tower frequency, so I put tower in and the tower was trying to contact us to roll out to the end but it was to late we had already made the turn off. Holding behind the other aircraft evidently we were not clear of the runway so the tower controller had to send aircraft Z around. Captain explained to tower that we were either not given the handoff to tower or that we were so busy both us missed it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG FLT CREW LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC OR CONTACTING TOWER RESULTING IN ANOTHER ACFT BEING SENT AROUND.

Narrative: WE WERE TALKING TO APCH CTL. I WAS FLYING CAPT AND WAS WORKING RADIOS WHEN WE GOT TO THE POINT THAT APCH CTL USUALLY HAND'S YOU OFF TO THE TWR THEY EITHER DIDN'T OR WE MISSED IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE LANDED AT LAX WITHOUT A LNDG CLRNC WE ROLLED OUT TO TXWY AA OFF OF RWY 24R WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRLINER HOLDING TO CROSS RWY 24L I WENT TO GET READY TO SWITCH TO GND FREQ WHEN I NOTICED WE WEREN'T ON TWR FREQ, SO I PUT TWR IN AND THE TWR WAS TRYING TO CONTACT US TO ROLL OUT TO THE END BUT IT WAS TO LATE WE HAD ALREADY MADE THE TURN OFF. HOLDING BEHIND THE OTHER ACFT EVIDENTLY WE WERE NOT CLR OF THE RWY SO THE TWR CTLR HAD TO SEND ACFT Z AROUND. CAPT EXPLAINED TO TWR THAT WE WERE EITHER NOT GIVEN THE HANDOFF TO TWR OR THAT WE WERE SO BUSY BOTH US MISSED IT.

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.