Land without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	293334
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : yyz airport : cuuz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cuuz
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3150
ASRS Report	293334
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 2658 flight time type : 575
ASRS Report	293340
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared late and were told to contact the tower inside the OM. The captain was flying the approach while I was handling 'before landing checklist.' I was busy and doing my altitude 'callouts' when this occurred, I was distracted! The 'ground' controller told us we failed to contact the tower. Toronto tower said they would not violate us, but that they would log it in their log records. Factors that contributed were that we were tired. Had fought the WX all evening. Ice, snow, rain, IMC, etc. When I acknowledged the radio call to contact the tower inside the marker, my attention was diverted back to the cockpit checks before landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED LATE AND WERE TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR INSIDE THE OM. THE CAPT WAS FLYING THE APCH WHILE I WAS HANDLING 'BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST.' I WAS BUSY AND DOING MY ALT 'CALLOUTS' WHEN THIS OCCURRED, I WAS DISTRACTED! THE 'GND' CTLR TOLD US WE FAILED TO CONTACT THE TWR. TORONTO TWR SAID THEY WOULD NOT VIOLATE US, BUT THAT THEY WOULD LOG IT IN THEIR LOG RECORDS. FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED WERE THAT WE WERE TIRED. HAD FOUGHT THE WX ALL EVENING. ICE, SNOW, RAIN, IMC, ETC. WHEN I ACKNOWLEDGED THE RADIO CALL TO CONTACT THE TWR INSIDE THE MARKER, MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED BACK TO THE COCKPIT CHKS BEFORE LNDG.

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.