DH8 FLC LANDS AT PIT WITHOUT OBTAINING LNDG CLRNC. RPTRS CITE FIRST TIME INTO ARPT AND SOME DISTRS.
Synopsis
DH8 FLC LANDS AT PIT WITHOUT OBTAINING LNDG CLRNC. RPTRS CITE FIRST TIME INTO ARPT AND SOME DISTRS.
Narrative
I WAS PNF; I WAS WORKING THE RADIOS. CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH AT ARPT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO; WAS TOLD TO SWITCH TO LCL CTLR ON R BASE. AS I WAS ANTICIPATING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AFTER LNDG. I DID NOT FLIP UP TWR FREQ AFTER I SET IT IN STANDBY POS. LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE CHANGE IN ANTICIPATED RWY AT LAST MIN; NEW TO THE AIRPLANE; NEW TO PIT. DISCOVERED MY ERROR WHEN TWR DIDN'T CLR US OVER TO GND AFTER LNDG. I THEN CHKED MY LNDG LIGHTS (MEMORY AID FOR LNDG CLRNCS) -- WAS NOT ON. LATER I CALLED LCL CTLR. HE INFORMED ME THAT HE CLRED US FOR LNDG 2 OR 3 TIMES BUT GOT NO READBACK. ALSO SAID THERE WAS NO CONFLICTING TFC AT THE TIME. IN THE FUTURE I WILL BE MORE 'HEADS UP' WHEN GOING TO NEW ARPTS. MAYBE STUDY ALL TAXI OPTIONS PRIOR TO OPERATING AT UNFAMILIAR ARPTS! ALSO; PF CALLED FOR GEAR DOWN AFTER TWR FREQ WAS SET IN STANDBY AND PRIOR TO ME FLIPPING FREQ UP TO ACTIVE -- WAS DISTR AT A CRITICAL TIME OF FLYING THE ACFT. WE HAD OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT (AVIATE FIRST!) BUT FORGOT TO COMMUNICATE. (LAST ROUND TRIP OF 3 DAY TRIP=FATIGUE!)
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