A PA30B ACFT LANDS AT FLL WITHOUT CLRNC FROM TWR TO LAND.

Date: 1996-12 · Aircraft: PA-30 Twin Comanche

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

Synopsis

A PA30B ACFT LANDS AT FLL WITHOUT CLRNC FROM TWR TO LAND.

Narrative

MY ACFT ARRIVED ON AN IFR FLT FROM ALBANY; GA; TO FLL; CLRED VIA GILBI INTXN DIRECT FLL. APCH PHASE OF FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH RADAR VECTORS; TA'S AND SEVERAL FREQ HDOFS. APCH ADVISED TO EXPECT ILS RWY 27R APCH AT FLL IN SEQUENCE WITH OTHER ACFT. ACFT WAS VECTORED ONTO THE ILS WITHIN 2 MI OF SNAPE INTXN AND WAS CLRED FOR THE ILS RWY 27R APCH APPROX 2 MI FROM SNAPE INTXN. ACFT WAS NOT INSTRUCTED BY THE FINAL APCH CTLR TO CONTACT FLL TWR AT ANY TIME TO KNOWLEDGE OF PLT OR COPLT. ACFT CONTINUED ON FINAL APCH COURSE WITH AIRLINE TFC IN TRAIL. APCH ADVISED FOLLOWING TFC OF THE TWIN COMANCHE TFC AHEAD AND ITS SPD OVER THE GND OF APPROX 125 KTS. ACFT BELIEVED STILL UNDER CTL BY THE APCH CTLR (FREQ 133.77) AND PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RWY 27R (ACFT RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTION TO CONTACT TWR 133.3). ACFT PROMPTLY CLRED THE RWY AND CONTACTED GND CTL 121.4 FOR TAXI INSTRUCTION. GND CTLR QUESTIONED FAILURE TO TALK TO TWR ON LNDG. PLT RESPONDED THAT ACFT WAS NOT 'HANDED OFF' TO TWR BY APCH CTL; SATISFYING THE GND CTLR REQUEST. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY CONFLICTS ARISING FROM THE SIT. THE IFR TFC WAS LNDG IN SEQUENCE; HOWEVER; THERE WERE DEPARTING ACFT HOLDING FOR DEP FROM RWY 27R. FOLLOWING AIRLINE TFC (ESTIMATED 1.5 MI) LANDED RWY 27R WITHOUT INTERFERENCE.

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