LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

Date: 1995-09 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

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

Synopsis

LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative

APCH GAVE ME VECTORS FOR TFC SEQUENCING FOR RWY 10R. I NEVER SAW THE TFC; BUT DID SEE AN ACFT FROM A CLOSE-IN UNCTLED ARPT W OF LANSING JUST ABOUT THE TIME APCH TOLD ME MY TFC WAS NO LONGER A FACTOR AND I WAS CLRED STRAIGHT IN FOR RWY 10R. WHILE I WAS APCHING THE RWY; I DECIDED TO CHK THE SETTINGS NEEDED FOR AN ILS APCH TO THE RWY. I GOT THE AIRSPD AND THE FLAPS SETTING AND CAME RIGHT DOWN THE GS. JUST SHORT OF THE RWY; THE THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND THAT I DIDN'T REMEMBER BEING CLRED TO LAND. THEN I THOUGHT; 'OF COURSE; I HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND WHEN I WAS GIVEN A STRAIGHT IN FOR RWY 10R.' I LANDED AND OBSERVED AN ACFT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OFF THE DEP END OF THE RWY AND HEARD THEM IDENT THEMSELVES ON THE RADIO. I TURNED OFF THE RWY ONTO TXWY C; CALLED GND AND TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO THE T-HANGARS. THE RADIO VOICE SAID WORDS THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AT THE TIME; BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS. I TOLD THEM I WAS ON TXWY C. THEY RESPONDED THAT I MIGHT BE ON TXWY C; BUT I WAS ALSO ON DEP. AND SO I WAS. I HAD NEVER CHANGED THE FREQ TO TWR; NOR HAD I TALKED TO THE TWR; NOR HAD I BEEN CLRED BY THE TWR TO LAND. I DON'T REMEMBER BEING TOLD TO CHANGE TO THE TWR FREQ; ALTHOUGH I MAY HAVE BEEN WHEN I WAS GIVEN THE STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY 10R; SINCE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OBVIOUS TIME. THERE WASN'T ANY CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT; ALTHOUGH I DID LAND SOON AFTER THE HAWKER DEPARTED. FORTUNATELY; WE WERE SEPARATED BY A 7251 FT LONG RWY AND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FT VERTLY. I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T HEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS TO CHANGE TO THE TWR FREQ (IF; IN FACT; THEY WERE GIVEN). PERHAPS MY OBSERVATION OF THE ACFT TAKING OFF FROM THE UNCTLED ARPT DISTRACTED ME AT A CRITICAL TIME. I DO THINK IF I HADN'T BEEN SO INTENT ON GETTING THOSE 'NUMBERS' FOR AN ILS APCH I WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTN TO THE FACT THAT I WASN'T TALKING TO TWR -- NOR; MORE IMPORTANTLY; WERE THEY TALKING TO ME. ONE FACTOR THAT LED UP TO THIS CONFUSION WAS THE FACT THAT WHEN ACFT APCH FROM THE N (AS I WAS); APCH USUALLY HANDS THEM OFF TO THE TWR WHEN THEY ARE 7 MI N OF THE ARPT. IN THIS CASE; I WAS VECTORED W OF THE ARPT FOR TFC SEQUENCING. I WAS STILL 7 MI OUT; BUT AT A POINT ACFT ARE USUALLY TURNED ONTO THE LOC AT THE TIME APCH GAVE ME THE STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY 10R. I THINK I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO ALREADY BEING ON THE TWR FREQ IN THIS AREA. NO ONE ASKED ME TO CALL THE TWR FOR A CHAT; HOPEFULLY; IT WON'T GO ANY FURTHER. I KEPT THINKING THAT IF THEY HAD BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF RADIO CONTACT DURING MY APCH TO LAND; THEY HAD 5 MINS TO CALL ME ON THE APCH FREQ TO REMIND ME TO CALL THE TWR. ANYWAY; MAYBE YOU CAN ADD THIS EXPERIENCE INTO YOUR DATA BANK. IT SURE DID RUIN MY OTHERWISE NICE FLT.

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