FLC OF A JETSTREAM 41 LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

1998-12 · NASA ASRS report 424485

Date: 1998-12 · Aircraft: Jetstream 41

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

Synopsis

FLC OF A JETSTREAM 41 LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative

ON APCH INTO BMI; SNOW WAS FALLING. WAS VECTORED TO AN ILS RWY 20. WX WAS APPROX 800 FT OVCST; 2 MI VISIBILITY. APCH WAS ROUTINE; EXCEPT THAT UPON XING THE OM INBOUND; WE WERE SO BUSY WITH CHKLISTS THAT WE NEGLECTED TO CONTACT TWR AND ACTUALLY ENDED UP LNDG WITHOUT A CLRNC. SNOW PLOWS WERE ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE RWY AT THE TIME AND I SUPPOSE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF INCURSION WITH GND VEHICLES. HOWEVER; BY THE TIME WE FINALLY SWITCHED OVER TO TWR FROM APCH (JUST ABOUT INTO THE LNDG) WE HEARD TWR HAD CLRED RWY OF ALL VEHICLES AND WE HAD ENOUGH FORWARD VISIBILITY TO SEE THAT THE RWY WAS CLR OF TFC. WE WERE GOING TO CALL AT THE LAST MIN BUT TWR WAS BUSY TALKING TO THE GND VEHICLES AND WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE. I WAS FLYING AT THE TIME AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE VIGILANT AND MANAGED THE COCKPIT MORE EFFICIENTLY. I WAS HAND FLYING WITHOUT THE FLT DIRECTOR TRYING TO STAY AS PROFICIENT AS I CAN; BUT THIS INCREASED THE WORKLOAD AND CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS. NOT DOUBLECHKING TO SEE IF A CALL TO TWR AT THE OM HAD BEEN MADE; WAS A SERIOUS MISTAKE. I WAS SLIGHTLY FAST ON INITIAL APCH WHICH MADE THINGS EVEN MORE RUSHED. BETTER PLANNING AND THINKING AHEAD WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 423900: ARRIVING INTO BMI AT NIGHT WITH LOW CEILINGS; THE CAPT AND I HAD BEEN FLYING SINCE EARLY MORNING (TIME OF INCIDENT WAS XA20) AND WE WERE BOTH FATIGUED. CAPT ASKED FOR GEAR DOWN BEFORE LNDG CHKS. I SET THE CAPT UP; DID THE FLOWS; XCHKED THE NAV AND DID ALL THE CALLS (AVIATE; NAV; COMMUNICATE); EXCEPT I FORGOT TO RPT THE MARKER INBOUND. AS A RESULT; WE WERE NEVER CLRED TO LAND AND YET WE LANDED. THE CAPT AND I DISCUSSED THIS AND WE BLAME OURSELVES FOR NOT CATCHING THE CLRNC TO LAND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE FATIGUE; LOW WX; AND CREATING A HEAVIER WORKLOAD WITH NONSTANDARD CALLOUTS.

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

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