Narrative:

About 15 mi out of eagle, co (ege), and in VMC conditions, approach control asked us if we had the airport in sight. We responded that we had it in sight and then we were cleared by approach for the visual runway 25 at ege and to contact the tower. Around 10 mi on final, we proceeded to contact the tower and were told by the tower to call back at the 6 mi point on the final approach. We proceeded to continue the approach and landed at ege. After landing and upon exiting the runway we realized that we had forgotten to contact the tower at the 6 mi point and realized that we landed without a clearance from the tower. I proceeded to tell the controller that we forgot to call him at the 6 mi point and that we landed without his clearance. The controller thanked us for 'our honesty' and then I asked him if we needed to call him after parking and shutting down the airplane. The controller replied that 'no further action would be taken against us' and told us that it was something that was happening very often at this airport and that he was frustrated by the situation. The fact that we were in a mountainous area, dealing with a high rate of descent on the approach and a high cockpit load achieving the completion of the before landing checklist and dealing with the various callouts required by our SOP's caused us to miss the 6 mi call to the tower. The fact that we were the only airplane on the approach, I believe that the tower should have cleared us to land on our initial contact. However, I am not using this fact as an excuse and by the way, when the controller told us that 'no further action would be taken against us,' I told him that we had learned a valuable lesson and that it would never happen again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C650 ON VISUAL APCH LANDED EGE WITHOUT ATC CLRNC.

Narrative: ABOUT 15 MI OUT OF EAGLE, CO (EGE), AND IN VMC CONDITIONS, APCH CTL ASKED US IF WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT. WE RESPONDED THAT WE HAD IT IN SIGHT AND THEN WE WERE CLRED BY APCH FOR THE VISUAL RWY 25 AT EGE AND TO CONTACT THE TWR. AROUND 10 MI ON FINAL, WE PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THE TWR AND WERE TOLD BY THE TWR TO CALL BACK AT THE 6 MI POINT ON THE FINAL APCH. WE PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE THE APCH AND LANDED AT EGE. AFTER LNDG AND UPON EXITING THE RWY WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD FORGOTTEN TO CONTACT THE TWR AT THE 6 MI POINT AND REALIZED THAT WE LANDED WITHOUT A CLRNC FROM THE TWR. I PROCEEDED TO TELL THE CTLR THAT WE FORGOT TO CALL HIM AT THE 6 MI POINT AND THAT WE LANDED WITHOUT HIS CLRNC. THE CTLR THANKED US FOR 'OUR HONESTY' AND THEN I ASKED HIM IF WE NEEDED TO CALL HIM AFTER PARKING AND SHUTTING DOWN THE AIRPLANE. THE CTLR REPLIED THAT 'NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST US' AND TOLD US THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN AT THIS ARPT AND THAT HE WAS FRUSTRATED BY THE SIT. THE FACT THAT WE WERE IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA, DEALING WITH A HIGH RATE OF DSCNT ON THE APCH AND A HIGH COCKPIT LOAD ACHIEVING THE COMPLETION OF THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST AND DEALING WITH THE VARIOUS CALLOUTS REQUIRED BY OUR SOP'S CAUSED US TO MISS THE 6 MI CALL TO THE TWR. THE FACT THAT WE WERE THE ONLY AIRPLANE ON THE APCH, I BELIEVE THAT THE TWR SHOULD HAVE CLRED US TO LAND ON OUR INITIAL CONTACT. HOWEVER, I AM NOT USING THIS FACT AS AN EXCUSE AND BY THE WAY, WHEN THE CTLR TOLD US THAT 'NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST US,' I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON AND THAT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

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.