An air carrier light transport landed without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	272530
Time
Date	199405
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : den tower : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	272530
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The flight had gone normally as we approached the airport. We were handed off to the 'final' approach controller and we called the airport in sight. Traffic was unusually light and the controller cleared us for the visual approach. He then came back and told us to keep our speed up as we had traffic in trail of us. We increased our speed until we were on about a 3 mi final. We landed the airplane and, as we were rolling to clear the runway, I noticed we were still with approach control. I switched over to tower frequency and told them I was clear of the runway. Tower told us to taxi and go over to ground. We have an altitude alert in our airplanes and we set it on zero when we are cleared to land as a reminder. I believe a better reminder for me would be to make 'verify cleared to land' part of the before landing checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: THE FLT HAD GONE NORMALLY AS WE APCHED THE ARPT. WE WERE HANDED OFF TO THE 'FINAL' APCH CTLR AND WE CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT. TFC WAS UNUSUALLY LIGHT AND THE CTLR CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL APCH. HE THEN CAME BACK AND TOLD US TO KEEP OUR SPD UP AS WE HAD TFC IN TRAIL OF US. WE INCREASED OUR SPD UNTIL WE WERE ON ABOUT A 3 MI FINAL. WE LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND, AS WE WERE ROLLING TO CLR THE RWY, I NOTICED WE WERE STILL WITH APCH CTL. I SWITCHED OVER TO TWR FREQ AND TOLD THEM I WAS CLR OF THE RWY. TWR TOLD US TO TAXI AND GO OVER TO GND. WE HAVE AN ALT ALERT IN OUR AIRPLANES AND WE SET IT ON ZERO WHEN WE ARE CLRED TO LAND AS A REMINDER. I BELIEVE A BETTER REMINDER FOR ME WOULD BE TO MAKE 'VERIFY CLRED TO LAND' PART OF THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST.

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.