Flight crew of a canadair CL65 landed without landing clearance after forgetting to contact tower when approach controller cleared them for approach.

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Attributes
ACN	426137
Time
Date	199901
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Challenger CL604
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	426137
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While on final approach behind B747 to bos runway 22L, the controller cleared us for the approach to runway 22L, hold short of runway 27. First officer verified the charts for land and hold short. The controller forgot to switch us to tower frequency and we landed without a tower landing clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A CANADAIR CL65 LANDED WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC AFTER FORGETTING TO CONTACT TWR WHEN APCH CTLR CLRED THEM FOR APCH.

Narrative: WHILE ON FINAL APCH BEHIND B747 TO BOS RWY 22L, THE CTLR CLRED US FOR THE APCH TO RWY 22L, HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27. FO VERIFIED THE CHARTS FOR LAND AND HOLD SHORT. THE CTLR FORGOT TO SWITCH US TO TWR FREQ AND WE LANDED WITHOUT A TWR LNDG CLRNC.

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.