Land without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	297898
Time
Date	199503
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc
State Reference	UT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : slc tower : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 13300 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	297898
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
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:

Standard ingredients in the recipe of errors: 1) flying into an airport for the first time, 2) a new and very inexperienced crew member. Because of struggling through cockpit procedures and checklists with an unfamiliar first officer, we both failed to switch from approach control to tower for clearance to land. This fact was not discovered until after landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter flies the B-737 for a domestic low cost air carrier. The first officer in this incident was about 3 months on the line. The reporter realized that the first officer was 'having trouble from the get- go.' they got along fine as persons. The reporter believes that the first officer's 'learning curve was flatter than most' and was slow on the uptake to air carrier standards. The reporter later found that other capts had found that the first officer was slow also. The reporter thought that he was doing his job as well as the first officer's.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: STANDARD INGREDIENTS IN THE RECIPE OF ERRORS: 1) FLYING INTO AN ARPT FOR THE FIRST TIME, 2) A NEW AND VERY INEXPERIENCED CREW MEMBER. BECAUSE OF STRUGGLING THROUGH COCKPIT PROCS AND CHKLISTS WITH AN UNFAMILIAR FO, WE BOTH FAILED TO SWITCH FROM APCH CTL TO TWR FOR CLRNC TO LAND. THIS FACT WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AFTER LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES THE B-737 FOR A DOMESTIC LOW COST ACR. THE FO IN THIS INCIDENT WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS ON THE LINE. THE RPTR REALIZED THAT THE FO WAS 'HAVING TROUBLE FROM THE GET- GO.' THEY GOT ALONG FINE AS PERSONS. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE FO'S 'LEARNING CURVE WAS FLATTER THAN MOST' AND WAS SLOW ON THE UPTAKE TO ACR STANDARDS. THE RPTR LATER FOUND THAT OTHER CAPTS HAD FOUND THAT THE FO WAS SLOW ALSO. THE RPTR THOUGHT THAT HE WAS DOING HIS JOB AS WELL AS THE FO'S.

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.