Narrative:

We were on approach to runway 14R at ord. The first officer was flying. Approach control had cleared us for the approach and to contact tower on 120.75 at roamy. About 1 mi prior to roamy the first officer was more than 2 dots above the G/south and did not have the aircraft properly configured for that point in the approach. He is somewhat new to the aircraft and EST and is lacking in self-confidence. About the time we were passing roamy I told him he was high and fast. He continued to make very small corrections so that at 100' he was on speed and on G/south. The runway was clear and then it hit me--I had never switched to tower. I quickly tuned in 120.75 to try to get clearance to land just about the time we touched down. Tower was already talking to someone when I switched over. The major mistake I made was getting so involved in the first officer's poor approach that I didn't perform my PNF duties. Another mistake was not going around, even though we were at 20'. Upon landing I called tower and they cleared us to ground control. After reaching the terminal I called the tower by phone and they told me that they had broadcast our landing clearance in the blind and assumed that we could hear, but not transmit. I guess everyone on 120.765 heard it but us because we were still on 119.0. Never again!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FORGETS TO CHANGE OVER TO TWR FREQ AND LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE ON APCH TO RWY 14R AT ORD. THE F/O WAS FLYING. APCH CTL HAD CLRED US FOR THE APCH AND TO CONTACT TWR ON 120.75 AT ROAMY. ABOUT 1 MI PRIOR TO ROAMY THE F/O WAS MORE THAN 2 DOTS ABOVE THE G/S AND DID NOT HAVE THE ACFT PROPERLY CONFIGURED FOR THAT POINT IN THE APCH. HE IS SOMEWHAT NEW TO THE ACFT AND EST AND IS LACKING IN SELF-CONFIDENCE. ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE PASSING ROAMY I TOLD HIM HE WAS HIGH AND FAST. HE CONTINUED TO MAKE VERY SMALL CORRECTIONS SO THAT AT 100' HE WAS ON SPD AND ON G/S. THE RWY WAS CLR AND THEN IT HIT ME--I HAD NEVER SWITCHED TO TWR. I QUICKLY TUNED IN 120.75 TO TRY TO GET CLRNC TO LAND JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE TOUCHED DOWN. TWR WAS ALREADY TALKING TO SOMEONE WHEN I SWITCHED OVER. THE MAJOR MISTAKE I MADE WAS GETTING SO INVOLVED IN THE F/O'S POOR APCH THAT I DIDN'T PERFORM MY PNF DUTIES. ANOTHER MISTAKE WAS NOT GOING AROUND, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE AT 20'. UPON LNDG I CALLED TWR AND THEY CLRED US TO GND CTL. AFTER REACHING THE TERMINAL I CALLED THE TWR BY PHONE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD BROADCAST OUR LNDG CLRNC IN THE BLIND AND ASSUMED THAT WE COULD HEAR, BUT NOT XMIT. I GUESS EVERYONE ON 120.765 HEARD IT BUT US BECAUSE WE WERE STILL ON 119.0. NEVER 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.