Flight crew landing without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	491479
Time
Date	200011
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d21.tracon tower : dtw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	491479
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	491480
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approach controller forgot to switch us to tower and we forgot also. Landing without clearance. Realized my error when I did not get instructions to switch to ground control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC LWOC.

Narrative: APCH CTLR FORGOT TO SWITCH US TO TWR AND WE FORGOT ALSO. LWOC. REALIZED MY ERROR WHEN I DID NOT GET INSTRUCTIONS TO SWITCH TO GND CTL.

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.