Air carrier medium large transport lands without clearance at atl.

Attributes
ACN	160500
Time
Date	199010
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl tracon : pvd
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 202 flight time total : 18486 flight time type : 12000
ASRS Report	160500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	160496
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera 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:

Arriving in the atl area, approach control asked us about 22 NM out if we had the runway. After we said yes, they cleared us for the approach, told us we were #1, and to contact tower over the marker. After landing and waiting to be cleared across the parallel runway, I looked down and saw that we were still on approach control frequency. I then had the frequency changed to tower and they cleared us across. This might not have happened if we had double-checked our landing clearance. Supplemental information from acn 160496: external factors that contributed to this situation were arriving at a busy airport that was not busy (i.e., approach control handled us and that was it. No other radio traffic triggered our minds that we were on approach control). Other factors were good VMC at a non peak time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC AT ATL.

Narrative: ARRIVING IN THE ATL AREA, APCH CTL ASKED US ABOUT 22 NM OUT IF WE HAD THE RWY. AFTER WE SAID YES, THEY CLRED US FOR THE APCH, TOLD US WE WERE #1, AND TO CONTACT TWR OVER THE MARKER. AFTER LNDG AND WAITING TO BE CLRED ACROSS THE PARALLEL RWY, I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THAT WE WERE STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ. I THEN HAD THE FREQ CHANGED TO TWR AND THEY CLRED US ACROSS. THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD DOUBLE-CHKED OUR LNDG CLRNC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 160496: EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SITUATION WERE ARRIVING AT A BUSY ARPT THAT WAS NOT BUSY (I.E., APCH CTL HANDLED US AND THAT WAS IT. NO OTHER RADIO TFC TRIGGERED OUR MINDS THAT WE WERE ON APCH CTL). OTHER FACTORS WERE GOOD VMC AT A NON PEAK TIME.

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.