B757 crew lands without clearance at msp.

Attributes
ACN	406390
Time
Date	199806
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : msp tower : cdg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	406390
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far
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:

Landed without clearance from tower. Approach control never told us to switch after giving clearance for visual approach, and we failed to note the omission. Contributing factor (strangely enough) was lack of other traffic, both on frequency and on ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC AT MSP.

Narrative: LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC FROM TWR. APCH CTL NEVER TOLD US TO SWITCH AFTER GIVING CLRNC FOR VISUAL APCH, AND WE FAILED TO NOTE THE OMISSION. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR (STRANGELY ENOUGH) WAS LACK OF OTHER TFC, BOTH ON FREQ AND ON GND.

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.