An airbus crew lands at atl without receiving clearance after much vectoring and some wake turbulence followed by a runway change during the approach.

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Attributes
ACN	599582
Time
Date	200311
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	599582
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We had began an approach into atl and traffic was heavy. On descent, we encountered wake turbulence from a preceding aircraft. It was constant vectoring and then they switched runways. Approach controller cleared us for a visual to the new runway and we started loading the FMGS. When we landed, approach informed us to contact tower. We did and were cleared to land as we taxied off. Out busy work in traffic and wake turbulence took us out of situational awareness. I did not confirm with the captain at the OM that we were on tower frequency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS CREW LANDS AT ATL WITHOUT RECEIVING CLRNC AFTER MUCH VECTORING AND SOME WAKE TURB FOLLOWED BY A RWY CHANGE DURING THE APCH.

Narrative: WE HAD BEGAN AN APCH INTO ATL AND TFC WAS HVY. ON DSCNT, WE ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURB FROM A PRECEDING ACFT. IT WAS CONSTANT VECTORING AND THEN THEY SWITCHED RWYS. APCH CTLR CLRED US FOR A VISUAL TO THE NEW RWY AND WE STARTED LOADING THE FMGS. WHEN WE LANDED, APCH INFORMED US TO CONTACT TWR. WE DID AND WERE CLRED TO LAND AS WE TAXIED OFF. OUT BUSY WORK IN TFC AND WAKE TURB TOOK US OUT OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. I DID NOT CONFIRM WITH THE CAPT AT THE OM THAT WE WERE ON TWR FREQ.

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.