Land without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	315730
Time
Date	199509
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	315730
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
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	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After rollout at lax, approach control called and instructed us to contact tower. There was no traffic conflict and tower simply said to contact ground controller for taxi. Apparently the radio did not switch and 'cleared for approach' response from approach was misunderstood as 'cleared to land.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER ROLLOUT AT LAX, APCH CTL CALLED AND INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT TWR. THERE WAS NO TFC CONFLICT AND TWR SIMPLY SAID TO CONTACT GND CTLR FOR TAXI. APPARENTLY THE RADIO DID NOT SWITCH AND 'CLRED FOR APCH' RESPONSE FROM APCH WAS MISUNDERSTOOD AS 'CLRED TO LAND.'

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.