Commuter lands without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	301570
Time
Date	199504
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mci
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 5537 flight time type : 3150
ASRS Report	301570
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far 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:

My captain was flying, I was working the radios. Ceiling was low and we were doing the before landing checklist and I was looking for the runway. Inside the MM the approach controller forgot to hand us over to tower frequency, and I didn't question this. I don't remember if approach cleared us to land, but I know that he didn't hand us over to tower. We landed and pulled off the runway and I realized we still had approach control on our radio and had not put tower frequency on the communication radio. I asked my captain if he remembered if we were cleared to land and he said he didn't remember them clearing us to land, either. When we switched to ground she immediately told us to taxi to our gate and never said a word about anything else. It makes me wonder if approach and tower was being worked by the same person and perhaps he did clear us and we don't remember. Tower also may have cleared us to land, but we did not acknowledge because we were not on that frequency. In the future, I will always question the controller when inside the MM if we are still on approach controller, no matter how busy I am.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: MY CAPT WAS FLYING, I WAS WORKING THE RADIOS. CEILING WAS LOW AND WE WERE DOING THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE RWY. INSIDE THE MM THE APCH CTLR FORGOT TO HAND US OVER TO TWR FREQ, AND I DIDN'T QUESTION THIS. I DON'T REMEMBER IF APCH CLRED US TO LAND, BUT I KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T HAND US OVER TO TWR. WE LANDED AND PULLED OFF THE RWY AND I REALIZED WE STILL HAD APCH CTL ON OUR RADIO AND HAD NOT PUT TWR FREQ ON THE COM RADIO. I ASKED MY CAPT IF HE REMEMBERED IF WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T REMEMBER THEM CLRING US TO LAND, EITHER. WHEN WE SWITCHED TO GND SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD US TO TAXI TO OUR GATE AND NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF APCH AND TWR WAS BEING WORKED BY THE SAME PERSON AND PERHAPS HE DID CLR US AND WE DON'T REMEMBER. TWR ALSO MAY HAVE CLRED US TO LAND, BUT WE DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ON THAT FREQ. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL ALWAYS QUESTION THE CTLR WHEN INSIDE THE MM IF WE ARE STILL ON APCH CTLR, NO MATTER HOW BUSY I AM.

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.