Air carrier large transport lands without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	145018
Time
Date	199005
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	145018
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	145304
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On long final (approximately 20 mi) cleared ILS runway 24R lax. No other xmissions or handoff to tower were received. Landed on approach control frequency and did not verify landing clearance. There were no other aircraft on or approaching the runway. There were no other aircraft in front of us. Because there was no handoff and we were squinting into the setting sun at the runway, we missed the memory jog to verify landing clearance. After landing as we cleared the runway, we realized that we had not talked to tower--and because we had no conflicting traffic in front of our aircraft, realized that we had not questioned the fact that we did not receive landing clearance. We were not questioned on the landing clearance, as it is normally given on tower frequency and frequently not acknowledged. We were questioned on the fact that tower could not talk to us on the runway about which high speed exit we could make. I recommend that all tower/approach control handoffs be standardized at the marker or left until after rollout, and that the handoff would be automatic. We have been so regimented as to not changing frequencys before we are advised that, when I did not receive a handoff I lost my cue to talk to tower and verify the landing clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: ON LONG FINAL (APPROX 20 MI) CLRED ILS RWY 24R LAX. NO OTHER XMISSIONS OR HDOF TO TWR WERE RECEIVED. LANDED ON APCH CTL FREQ AND DID NOT VERIFY LNDG CLRNC. THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT ON OR APCHING THE RWY. THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT IN FRONT OF US. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HDOF AND WE WERE SQUINTING INTO THE SETTING SUN AT THE RWY, WE MISSED THE MEMORY JOG TO VERIFY LNDG CLRNC. AFTER LNDG AS WE CLRED THE RWY, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT TALKED TO TWR--AND BECAUSE WE HAD NO CONFLICTING TFC IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT, REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT QUESTIONED THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE LNDG CLRNC. WE WERE NOT QUESTIONED ON THE LNDG CLRNC, AS IT IS NORMALLY GIVEN ON TWR FREQ AND FREQUENTLY NOT ACKNOWLEDGED. WE WERE QUESTIONED ON THE FACT THAT TWR COULD NOT TALK TO US ON THE RWY ABOUT WHICH HIGH SPD EXIT WE COULD MAKE. I RECOMMEND THAT ALL TWR/APCH CTL HDOFS BE STANDARDIZED AT THE MARKER OR LEFT UNTIL AFTER ROLLOUT, AND THAT THE HDOF WOULD BE AUTOMATIC. WE HAVE BEEN SO REGIMENTED AS TO NOT CHANGING FREQS BEFORE WE ARE ADVISED THAT, WHEN I DID NOT RECEIVE A HDOF I LOST MY CUE TO TALK TO TWR AND VERIFY THE LNDG CLRNC.

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.