FLC MISSED TWR'S GAR CALL AND LANDED.

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DURING A FLT FROM EWR TO PHX; APCH INTO PHX WAS VECTORS TO A VISUAL APCH RWY 8. RAPCON LEFT US HIGH (APPROX 8000 FT MSL) UNTIL ABEAM THE FIELD AND THEN CLRED US THE VISUAL APCH BEHIND AN ACFT (DHC-8) ALREADY ESTABLISHED ON FINAL FOR RWY 8. THE CAPT SAID HE HAD THE DHC-8 AND RWY IN SIGHT AND WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH. WE CONFIGURED THE ACFT AND BEGAN A RAPID DSCNT AND TURN TO FINAL. THE CAPT BEGAN TO OVERSHOOT RWY 8 AND LINE UP ON RWY 7L&R. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD RWY 8 IN SIGHT AND HE SAID YES. PHX TWR CALLED US AND SAID WE WERE OVERSHOOTING AND THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT ESTABLISHED ON FINAL FOR THE S RWYS (RWY 7L OR RWY 7R; I AM NOT SURE). I POINTED TO OUR 11 O'CLOCK POS AND SAID 'RWY 8 IS OVER THERE!' BY THIS TIME WE WERE GAINING RAPIDLY ON THE DHC-8 IN FRONT OF US. I STILL HAD THE DHC-8 IN SIGHT. TWR TOLD US TO CONTINUE SLOWING. ONCE ESTABLISHED ON FINAL; FULLY CONFIGURED FOR LNDG AND ON SPD; THE CAPT ACQUIRED A VISUAL ON THE LNDG DHC-8 AHEAD. WE BOTH REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSE. AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL; THE DHC-8 HAD FULLY TURNED OFF THE RWY; AND I TOLD THE CAPT 'HE'S CLR; CONTINUE!' WE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. ONCE CLR OF THE RWY; PHX TWR ISSUED US A PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT THE TWR SUPVR. DURING THIS CONVERSATION; THE TWR SUPVR NOTIFIED US THAT HE HAD SENT US AROUND. I HEARD NO SUCH XMISSION! THE CAPT SAID HE HEARD AN INAUDIBLE XMISSION WITH OUR CALL SIGN ONLY; BUT NO GAR INSTRUCTIONS. THE TWR SUPVR TOLD US IT WAS NO PROB; HE JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS THE SIT WITH US. THIS COULD HAVE ALL BEEN AVOIDED HAD WE NOT BEEN SLAM-DUNKED!