COMMUTER LTT LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Date: 1995-03 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance

Synopsis

COMMUTER LTT LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative

THE CAPT WAS PF. WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH 20 MI NW BY APCH CTL. RADIO FREQ NOT ACTIVE; QUIET. COCKPIT WAS STERILE FORM CRUISE TO LNDG. APCH CTL FAILED TO HAND US OFF TO TWR. WE LANDED ON RWY 13 AND I DISCOVERED ON THE ROLLOUT; WE WERE STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ. AFTER POINTING OUT TO THE CAPT; I TRANSFERRED THE TWR FREQ FROM STANDBY TO ACTIVE MODE. THE CAPT ASKED ME IF WE HAD LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC. I STATED I BELIEVE WE HAD. THE TWR CTLR THEN ASKED IF WE HAD RECEIVED A LATE HDOF AND THE CAPT ADVISED 'AFFIRMATIVE.' HE SAID TO CONTACT GND CTL. THE CAPT THEN CALLED THE TWR VIA TELEPHONE AND WHEN I QUESTIONED HOW IT WENT; THE CAPT ADVISED 'IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.' A DISCUSSION DID NOT FOLLOW AS THE CAPT WOULD NOT SPEAK ABOUT THE OCCURRENCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT. THE COCKPIT WAS FILLED WITH MUCH TENSION. I ADVISED THE CAPT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE NASA RPTS AND THE CAPT DID NOT RESPOND; PERIOD. I HAD FLOWN WITH THIS CAPT SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR. THE CAPT IS A NEW UPGRADE WITH MOSTLY A FLT INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND. VERY LITTLE MULTI-CREW EXPERIENCE AND ESSENTIALLY NO COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT TRAINING. THE CAPT IS EXTREMELY WEAK WITH COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THE CAPT HAS ADVISED; ON A PREVIOUS SHIFT; THAT FO'S SHOULD NOT BE 'R-SEAT CAPTS.' THEIR INPUT/ASSISTANCE IS UNWELCOME; EVEN DURING HIGH WORKLOAD SITS. SHE WILL NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CONCERNS. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) LACK OF ADEQUATE COCKPIT COM BTWN CREWMEMBERS; THE CAPT'S INABILITY TO CONFIRM CLRNCS; ALTS; HDGS; ETC; THE CAPT'S DANGEROUS ATTITUDE IN REGARD TO NOT SEEKING ASSISTANCE; OR INPUT FROM FO'S. THE CAPT FLIES THE AIRPLANE AS SINGLE PLT OP. THE FO'S WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE OPENLY HINDERED BY ABOVE; LACK OF COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT TRAINING FOR CREWMEMBERS; 2) FAILURE TO ISSUE A HDOF FROM APCH CTL TO TWR; 3) LACK OF XMISSIONS ON FREQ VERY QUIET RADIO. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: 1) EDUCATE AND TRAIN ALL CREWMEMBERS THOROUGH WITH COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT; 2) MAKE AVAILABLE TO CREWMEMBERS A MEANS TO COM POTENTIAL PROBS SUCH AS THIS TO CHIEF PLT (IE; A FORM OR HOTLINE).

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.