E145 crew landed at stl without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	489544
Time
Date	200010
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : stl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	489544
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I am a new captain in the E145, although this event technically occurred when I was the sic, because I was receiving IOE from a check airman. I was his second IOE person and we both were relatively new to the stl airport. In addition, I only had about 10 hours in the aircraft. He was showing me visual approach and landing, when this happened. We were cleared for the visual by approach and started toward the runway. After that he was busy showing and describing his technique to me and we both got lost concentrating on the approach. After we landed, we realized that the tower frequency wasn't in the box. We switched to ground and taxied in. Tower or ground never asked us to contact them. I believe that we were too focused on one thing. We were very aware of where we were and the aircraft around us due to the strict spacing requirements at stl. Unfortunately our situational awareness obviously fell short when it came to communications. This also showed poor CRM between the two of us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E145 CREW LANDED AT STL WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: I AM A NEW CAPT IN THE E145, ALTHOUGH THIS EVENT TECHNICALLY OCCURRED WHEN I WAS THE SIC, BECAUSE I WAS RECEIVING IOE FROM A CHK AIRMAN. I WAS HIS SECOND IOE PERSON AND WE BOTH WERE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE STL ARPT. IN ADDITION, I ONLY HAD ABOUT 10 HRS IN THE ACFT. HE WAS SHOWING ME VISUAL APCH AND LNDG, WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL BY APCH AND STARTED TOWARD THE RWY. AFTER THAT HE WAS BUSY SHOWING AND DESCRIBING HIS TECHNIQUE TO ME AND WE BOTH GOT LOST CONCENTRATING ON THE APCH. AFTER WE LANDED, WE REALIZED THAT THE TWR FREQ WASN'T IN THE BOX. WE SWITCHED TO GND AND TAXIED IN. TWR OR GND NEVER ASKED US TO CONTACT THEM. I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE TOO FOCUSED ON ONE THING. WE WERE VERY AWARE OF WHERE WE WERE AND THE ACFT AROUND US DUE TO THE STRICT SPACING REQUIREMENTS AT STL. UNFORTUNATELY OUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OBVIOUSLY FELL SHORT WHEN IT CAME TO COMS. THIS ALSO SHOWED POOR CRM BTWN THE TWO OF US.

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.