The flight crew landed without contacting tower and without obtaining a landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	336923
Time
Date	199605
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mco tower : mco
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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
ASRS Report	336923
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	336930
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
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:

No other aircraft in area on same frequency. Orlando approach cleared aircraft for ILS runway 18R, PNF read back clearance, with (assumed) cleared to land readback on runway 18R. Approach did not handoff aircraft to tower (assumed) although 2 headed transmitter had tower frequency dialed in. Aircraft landed uneventfully, upon turnoff of runway approach told aircraft that they were transmitting on approach frequency. Entire flight crew could not definitely confirm that they had received landing clearance from tower. Solution: confirmation could be incorporated in approved before landing checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE FLC LANDED WITHOUT CONTACTING TWR AND WITHOUT OBTAINING A LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: NO OTHER ACFT IN AREA ON SAME FREQ. ORLANDO APCH CLRED ACFT FOR ILS RWY 18R, PNF READ BACK CLRNC, WITH (ASSUMED) CLRED TO LAND READBACK ON RWY 18R. APCH DID NOT HDOF ACFT TO TWR (ASSUMED) ALTHOUGH 2 HEADED XMITTER HAD TWR FREQ DIALED IN. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, UPON TURNOFF OF RWY APCH TOLD ACFT THAT THEY WERE XMITTING ON APCH FREQ. ENTIRE FLC COULD NOT DEFINITELY CONFIRM THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR. SOLUTION: CONFIRMATION COULD BE INCORPORATED IN APPROVED 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.