Emb-145 flight crew reported they failed to contact tower prior to landing when they were distracted...

Attributes
ACN	1637046
Time
Date	201904
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Total 25000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 3589
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

While on approach to chicago we were told by ATC to contact tower over the outer marker and we did not contact tower at that time. Prior to landing; when I realized we had not contacted tower; I was about to call when on short final we had what felt like wake turbulence (not sure if it was wake or wind gusts but felt like wake turbulence) the autopilot was off and I was busy keeping the plane steady; got distracted and did not make the call. The wake turbulence was not severe; but was enough to distract me from calling the tower. When we landed we realized we still had approach frequency on the radio. We contacted ground once clear of the runway and were given taxi instructions as normal. Distracted over the outer marker and distracted again one short final. Don't get distracted and follow ATC instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported they failed to contact Tower prior to landing when they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter.

Narrative: While on approach to Chicago we were told by ATC to contact Tower over the outer marker and we did not contact Tower at that time. Prior to landing; when I realized we had not contacted Tower; I was about to call when on short final we had what felt like wake turbulence (not sure if it was wake or wind gusts but felt like wake turbulence) the autopilot was off and I was busy keeping the plane steady; got distracted and did not make the call. The wake turbulence was not severe; but was enough to distract me from calling the Tower. When we landed we realized we still had approach frequency on the radio. We contacted Ground once clear of the runway and were given taxi instructions as normal. Distracted over the outer marker and distracted again one short final. Don't get distracted and follow ATC instructions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Emb-145 flight crew reported they failed to contact tower prior to landing when they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter.