Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Workload; Time Pressure; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Airport; Airspace Structure; Procedure
During our River Visual approach we were vectored in high to begin. After being cleared for the approach I was switched to tower freq and checked in. Due to the saturation of tasks during the approach I did not remember hearing tower clear us to land. On short final I asked the Captain; do you remember getting cleared to land at which he responded no. I then queried 2 more times to tower asking for landing clearance to which there was no response. As we approached 200 ft we still had not received clearance to land and the decision was made to go around. The go around was rushed as we didn't have a missed approach procedure. After leveling at 2;000 feet the auto throttles did not retard and we exceeded the flaps speed for flaps 1 by about 5 knots for 10 seconds. This was due largely in part to the fact that I had regained communications with tower and we were now getting assigned a new altitude and vectors away from departing traffic. After being vectored away from departing traffic we continued; reshot the visual approach; and the flight landed safely without further incident.This situation was first caused by a lack of landing clearance and tower communication. During the go around I finally established communication with tower and then we were again saturated by tasks during this critical phase of flight and it led the us to over rely on the auto throttles to retard to the set speed after leveling off. To avoid this issue in the future I could have checked with tower earlier if I questioned the clearance and discovered the communication issue sooner; giving me more time to remedy the situation and avoid the spontaneous go around. During the go around we were heavily saturated by tasks to the point where traffic avoidance took precedence over the monitoring of speeds and airspeed was briefly neglected leading to the overspend.
A pilot of a regional jet reported executed a missed approach due to the inability to obtain a landing clearance in a timely fashion. A subsequent approach was successfully completed; however a flap limit speed was briefly exceeded.