Narrative:

Situation began approximately 12 mi out of hpn on arrival. First officer was flying the aircraft and TRACON asked us to report the field in sight. The first officer was not willing to do so until approximately 5 mi out. At that time we were sequenced for landing with an aircraft on downwind (we were first). Due to the delay in reporting field in sight, we were passed to tower at approximately 3 mi. I switched to tower with the understanding that I had been cleared to land by approach. I reported to tower on a 2 mi final and was blocked by another aircraft. We landed and heard tower report to the aircraft behind us that he did not know if we were going to clear the runway at the first taxiway as he was not talking to us. We subsequently cleared at the first taxiway and the aircraft behind us landed without incident. Upon clearing the runway tower informed us that we had not been cleared to land and asked when we had been handed off from radar. The first officer reported at 10 mi, he was not aware of the late handoff due to task saturation and because he was flying. Contributing factors: late changeover to tower/CTAF frequency congestion. Captain has less than 20 hours PIC in aircraft and less than 40 hours total in aircraft. First officer assigned tdy from orlando, not familiar with flying northeast rtes. First officer was low time also. Inability of the captain to continuously monitor first officer due to requirement to board passenger. Allowing low time capts and first officer's to fly together. Corrective actions: do not allow inexperienced (in aircraft) crew members to be scheduled together. Better training and screening in the hiring process and new hire training. Better communication between radar and tower when handoff is effected late in approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LTT INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO CONTACT TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: SIT BEGAN APPROX 12 MI OUT OF HPN ON ARR. FO WAS FLYING THE ACFT AND TRACON ASKED US TO RPT THE FIELD IN SIGHT. THE FO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO SO UNTIL APPROX 5 MI OUT. AT THAT TIME WE WERE SEQUENCED FOR LNDG WITH AN ACFT ON DOWNWIND (WE WERE FIRST). DUE TO THE DELAY IN RPTING FIELD IN SIGHT, WE WERE PASSED TO TWR AT APPROX 3 MI. I SWITCHED TO TWR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND BY APCH. I RPTED TO TWR ON A 2 MI FINAL AND WAS BLOCKED BY ANOTHER ACFT. WE LANDED AND HEARD TWR RPT TO THE ACFT BEHIND US THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO CLR THE RWY AT THE FIRST TXWY AS HE WAS NOT TALKING TO US. WE SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED AT THE FIRST TXWY AND THE ACFT BEHIND US LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON CLRING THE RWY TWR INFORMED US THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO LAND AND ASKED WHEN WE HAD BEEN HANDED OFF FROM RADAR. THE FO RPTED AT 10 MI, HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LATE HDOF DUE TO TASK SATURATION AND BECAUSE HE WAS FLYING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: LATE CHANGEOVER TO TWR/CTAF FREQ CONGESTION. CAPT HAS LESS THAN 20 HRS PIC IN ACFT AND LESS THAN 40 HRS TOTAL IN ACFT. FO ASSIGNED TDY FROM ORLANDO, NOT FAMILIAR WITH FLYING NE RTES. FO WAS LOW TIME ALSO. INABILITY OF THE CAPT TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR FO DUE TO REQUIREMENT TO BOARD PAX. ALLOWING LOW TIME CAPTS AND FO'S TO FLY TOGETHER. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DO NOT ALLOW INEXPERIENCED (IN ACFT) CREW MEMBERS TO BE SCHEDULED TOGETHER. BETTER TRAINING AND SCREENING IN THE HIRING PROCESS AND NEW HIRE TRAINING. BETTER COM BTWN RADAR AND TWR WHEN HDOF IS EFFECTED LATE IN APCH.

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.