Narrative:

Landed on 27R without tower clearance. Captain was handling radio at all times during the approach. It was late, a non standard day involving a reassignment to fly to miami vice terminate at bna, I was tired and concentrating on making a good approach to an airport unfamiliar to me. I remember approach control giving clearance for a visual approach to 27R. I assumed the captain switched to tower at the OM for landing clearance. I don't remember hearing him make the call though. On rollout approach control called to say 'tower would like to talk to you.' originally sheduled for 5:25 hours of flying became 7:51 hours on duty for 10:22 hours last meal 7 hours previous on first leg from ont to ord. Ord to bna leg ok, reassigned at bna to replace an large transport scheduled to fly ord to mia non stop, but diverted to bna because of tail strike on takeoff from ord! Factors affecting the quality of human performance: this captain on this flight is notorious for being difficult to work with. He hates coplts. On this very flight, he and I had a 'clearing of the air' of our problems. I informed him that the way he ran his cockpit was not going to give him my best performance. We shared ideas and it was constructive, not an argument that left tension in the cockpit. Quite the opposite, I thought. This captain misses things; ie, leaves transponder off after performing an unnecessary TCAS check, responds correctly to checklist items but fails to perform the required item action. He increases copilot workload and metal fatigue by his sloppy job performance and downright lack of respect for his coworker. Example: 'you've got the airplane. Think you can handle it while I go take a copilot?' I was physically and mentally fatigued going into miami for the first time. So was the captain. He was more concerned about his copilot screwing up than anything else. He himself was new to miami. He failed to switch and call tower. I failed to ask if we had clearance to land. Mia airport was a ghost town at this time, and everything seemed normal until those words 'tower would like to talk to you' came through the headset.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG LANDED AT MIA WITHOUT CALLING THE TWR.

Narrative: LANDED ON 27R WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. CAPT WAS HANDLING RADIO AT ALL TIMES DURING THE APCH. IT WAS LATE, A NON STANDARD DAY INVOLVING A REASSIGNMENT TO FLY TO MIAMI VICE TERMINATE AT BNA, I WAS TIRED AND CONCENTRATING ON MAKING A GOOD APCH TO AN ARPT UNFAMILIAR TO ME. I REMEMBER APCH CTL GIVING CLRNC FOR A VISUAL APCH TO 27R. I ASSUMED THE CAPT SWITCHED TO TWR AT THE OM FOR LNDG CLRNC. I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING HIM MAKE THE CALL THOUGH. ON ROLLOUT APCH CTL CALLED TO SAY 'TWR WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.' ORIGINALLY SHEDULED FOR 5:25 HRS OF FLYING BECAME 7:51 HRS ON DUTY FOR 10:22 HRS LAST MEAL 7 HRS PREVIOUS ON FIRST LEG FROM ONT TO ORD. ORD TO BNA LEG OK, REASSIGNED AT BNA TO REPLACE AN LGT SCHEDULED TO FLY ORD TO MIA NON STOP, BUT DIVERTED TO BNA BECAUSE OF TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF FROM ORD! FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE: THIS CAPT ON THIS FLT IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH. HE HATES COPLTS. ON THIS VERY FLT, HE AND I HAD A 'CLRING OF THE AIR' OF OUR PROBLEMS. I INFORMED HIM THAT THE WAY HE RAN HIS COCKPIT WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM MY BEST PERFORMANCE. WE SHARED IDEAS AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT AN ARGUMENT THAT LEFT TENSION IN THE COCKPIT. QUITE THE OPPOSITE, I THOUGHT. THIS CAPT MISSES THINGS; IE, LEAVES TRANSPONDER OFF AFTER PERFORMING AN UNNECESSARY TCAS CHK, RESPONDS CORRECTLY TO CHKLIST ITEMS BUT FAILS TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED ITEM ACTION. HE INCREASES COPLT WORKLOAD AND METAL FATIGUE BY HIS SLOPPY JOB PERFORMANCE AND DOWNRIGHT LACK OF RESPECT FOR HIS COWORKER. EXAMPLE: 'YOU'VE GOT THE AIRPLANE. THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT WHILE I GO TAKE A COPLT?' I WAS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FATIGUED GOING INTO MIAMI FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO WAS THE CAPT. HE WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS COPLT SCREWING UP THAN ANYTHING ELSE. HE HIMSELF WAS NEW TO MIAMI. HE FAILED TO SWITCH AND CALL TWR. I FAILED TO ASK IF WE HAD CLRNC TO LAND. MIA ARPT WAS A GHOST TOWN AT THIS TIME, AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL THOSE WORDS 'TWR WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU' CAME THROUGH THE HEADSET.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.