Medium large transport crew landed without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	426990
Time
Date	199901
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Flight Phase	landing other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 420
ASRS Report	426990
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon entering the terminal area at ewr I elected not to utilize the autoplt and hand fly the airplane. Approach control cleared us for the ILS runway 4R and instructed us to contact the tower. Landing was uneventful, and we cleared the runway. It was at this time I heard another aircraft being cleared for the approach and then realized we had never switched frequencys to the tower. As we held short of runway 4L, I contacted the tower. We proceeded without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CREW LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: UPON ENTERING THE TERMINAL AREA AT EWR I ELECTED NOT TO UTILIZE THE AUTOPLT AND HAND FLY THE AIRPLANE. APCH CTL CLRED US FOR THE ILS RWY 4R AND INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT THE TWR. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND WE CLRED THE RWY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME I HEARD ANOTHER ACFT BEING CLRED FOR THE APCH AND THEN REALIZED WE HAD NEVER SWITCHED FREQS TO THE TWR. AS WE HELD SHORT OF RWY 4L, I CONTACTED THE TWR. WE PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.