<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1344754, April 2016

Air carrier flight crew landed without clearance from tower. Crew reported being distracted by moderate icing conditions on final.

Attributes
ACN	1344754
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We were cleared for ILS approach and given frequency to contact tower. Was distracted by large amount of rime ice accumulation after passing through moderate icing conditions. Talked about increasing vref for ice and other considerations. Did not switch to tower and landed without clearance while still on approach frequency. Contacted tower after rollout. Normal taxi to gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew landed without clearance from Tower. Crew reported being distracted by moderate icing conditions on final.

Narrative: We were cleared for ILS approach and given frequency to contact Tower. Was distracted by large amount of rime ice accumulation after passing through moderate icing conditions. Talked about increasing Vref for ice and other considerations. Did not switch to Tower and landed without clearance while still on Approach frequency. Contacted Tower after rollout. Normal taxi to gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.