Commuter flight crew land at phl without tower clearance.

Attributes
ACN	406970
Time
Date	199806
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phl
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	406970
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	406971
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Talking with approach controller on a high (4000 ft) close in left downwind visual approach. Flight crew was distracted by high rate of descent and short approach. Landed without tower clearance. Noticed an aircraft go around on the intersecting runway. Discovered that we were still on approach frequency when tuning radio to ground frequency. Called tower by phone and was informed of no conflict.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER FLC LAND AT PHL WITHOUT TWR CLRNC.

Narrative: TALKING WITH APCH CTLR ON A HIGH (4000 FT) CLOSE IN L DOWNWIND VISUAL APCH. FLC WAS DISTRACTED BY HIGH RATE OF DSCNT AND SHORT APCH. LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. NOTICED AN ACFT GAR ON THE INTERSECTING RWY. DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE STILL ON APCH FREQ WHEN TUNING RADIO TO GND FREQ. CALLED TWR BY PHONE AND WAS INFORMED OF NO CONFLICT.

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.