SMA WITH INSTRUCTOR AND 2 INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATES ABOARD BELIEVES LAND WITHOUT CLRNC. CTLR HAD TOLD THEM GAR.

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RETURNED FROM LCL TRAINING FLT WITH 2 CFII STUDENTS. APCH TOLD US TO MAINTAIN; LOOK FOR TFC. WE SAW HIM AND WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW. WE CAUGHT UP TO HIM. LCL TOLD US TO WATCH SPACING. CTLR INFORMED ME THAT MY RADIO WAS GARBLED; BUT I COULD HEAR HIM WELL. PRECEDING ACFT TOUCHED DOWN; TURNED OFF; THEN WE TOUCHED DOWN. AT MOMENT OF TOUCHDOWN; I WONDERED IF WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND -- I COULD NOT REMEMBER. AS WE CLRED; TWR TOLD US 'WHEN I TELL YOU TO GAR; GAR; SIR.' I/WE DID NOT HEAR ANY GAR CALL FROM TWR; NOR DID WE EXPECT ONE; AS I THOUGHT SPACING WAS A LITTLE CLOSE; ALTHOUGH LEGAL. I AM POSITIVE TWR DID NOT TELL US -- FREQ WAS VERY BUSY; ETC. HOWEVER; THAT MEANT THAT I KNEW I DID LAND WITHOUT A CLRNC. IF A CTLR WAS TO SEND US AROUND WHY WOULD HE CLR ME TO LAND? I REQUESTED THE TWR TELEPHONE NUMBER FROM GND; CALLED THE TWR SUPVR. HE SAID NOT TO WORRY; BECAUSE THE CTLR COULD NOT RECALL IF I HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THE GAR CALL. IN FACT HAD CLRED ME TO LAND. I DID NOT HEAR THAT EITHER. MY HEARING IS NOT THAT BAD. I'M ONLY 25! CONCLUSIONS: I WAS NOT CLRED TO LAND AS FAR AS I HEARD. TWR THOUGHT A RADIO FAILURE HAD OCCURRED IN MY ACFT SO THEY CLRED ME TO LAND; ALTHOUGH I DID NOT HEAR IT. I WILL NOT TOUCH DOWN UNTIL I AM POSITIVE I HAVE A CLRNC TO LAND!