A widebody transport passenger aircraft makes an unauthorized landing at gum. First officer failed to change to tower frequency. First officer cites controller's failure to switch them over to the tower.

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Attributes
ACN	390080
Time
Date	199801
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gum
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gum
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	390080
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 160
ASRS Report	390081
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Called airport in sight. Center cleared for visual approach. Do not remember center switching us to tower (don't think they did). During short final realized we were still on center frequency. Switched to tower on rollout. No other traffic in area. Supplemental information from acn 390081: on short final crew requested landing clearance and realized they were still on approach control. There was not time to change frequencys before landing. Copilot was fresh out of school. Captain flying and workload a consideration.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A WDB PAX ACFT MAKES AN UNAUTH LNDG AT GUM. FO FAILED TO CHANGE TO TWR FREQ. FO CITES CTLR'S FAILURE TO SWITCH THEM OVER TO THE TWR.

Narrative: CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT. CTR CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH. DO NOT REMEMBER CTR SWITCHING US TO TWR (DON'T THINK THEY DID). DURING SHORT FINAL REALIZED WE WERE STILL ON CTR FREQ. SWITCHED TO TWR ON ROLLOUT. NO OTHER TFC IN AREA. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 390081: ON SHORT FINAL CREW REQUESTED LNDG CLRNC AND REALIZED THEY WERE STILL ON APCH CTL. THERE WAS NOT TIME TO CHANGE FREQS BEFORE LNDG. COPLT WAS FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL. CAPT FLYING AND WORKLOAD A CONSIDERATION.

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.