1992-08 · NASA ASRS report 219445
AN LTT LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC DURING AN ERRATIC CHK RIDE IN BAD WX.
MY COMPANY'S POLICY IS TO HAVE CHK AIRMAN INSTRUCTOR PLTS FLY WITH FO'S AFTER THEY ARE TRAINED AND CHKED OUT; ON LINE OPS PRIOR TO THEM BEING RELEASED TO REGULAR LINE CAPT'S. I AM A CHK AIRMAN AND WAS ON THE LAST LEG OF A 2 DAY TRIP WITH A NEW FO. HE HADN'T BEEN DOING TOO WELL BUT WAS MAKING PROGRESS. IT WAS HIS LEG AND HE WAS THE PF. WE HAD BEEN VECTORED FOR A TIGHT APCH AROUND NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA. WE WERE CLRED TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL APCH COURSE; CLRED FOR THE APCH AND TO CONTACT TWR. DUE TO MY FO'S INEXPERIENCE; I WAS TALKING HIM THROUGH THE APCH WHILE COMPLETING THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. WX WAS STARTING TO MOVE ONTO THE FIELD. I FOCUSED MY ATTN ON THE RADAR FOR A FEW SECONDS; THEN NOTICED MY FO HAD ADDED A LOT OF PWR AND WAS STARTING TO EXCEED FLAP SPDS. I TOOK THE ACFT AND THE PWR; STABILIZED IT AND HANDED CTL BACK OVER TO THE FO FOR LNDG. AFTER THE LNDG; I REALIZED WE WERE STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ. AFTER I CONTACTED TWR; HE ISSUED RWY XING INSTRUCTIONS AND VOLUNTEERED. 'BY THE WAY YOU WERE CLRED TO LAND'. UNFORTUNATELY; EVENTS LIKE THIS MAY HAPPEN; BUT IF IT INCREASES OUR OVERALL DILIGENCE; THEN WE ARE BETTER OFF. AVIATION IS A HUMBLING FIELD.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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