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Air carrier first officer reported landing without a clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755001 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance |
Narrative:
We failed to switch to tower controller and get a landing clearance. Lack of recent flying experience; my 2nd leg after 3 months off. Fatigue due to not getting much sleep in before red eye flight. Lack of recent flying by non flying pilot as well. Slam dunk approach by controller; task saturated. I needed the gear and flaps out and was asking for them at the same time the controller was switching us to tower.I don't recall the approach controller asking us a second time to switch to tower; the tower said later when we called them that they tried us on guard (I did have it tuned and up a little bit; surprised I didn't hear it) and did light signals but didn't mention calling approach control and asking them to tell us to go to tower again. The other thing is tough; I know why the pilot flying doesn't do the flaps and gear himself; but in this case my asking for them right after the non flying pilot read back instructions to switch to tower I think caused him forget to switch over and check in. Lastly; it's pretty ingrained in me to call out 'landing' before touching down; but going forward I'm going to be less concerned about saying the word and concerned with the 3 things we need to land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported landing without a clearance.
Narrative: We failed to switch to Tower Controller and get a landing clearance. Lack of recent flying experience; my 2nd leg after 3 months off. Fatigue due to not getting much sleep in before red eye flight. Lack of recent flying by non flying pilot as well. Slam dunk approach by Controller; task saturated. I needed the gear and flaps out and was asking for them at the same time the Controller was switching us to Tower.I don't recall the Approach Controller asking us a second time to switch to Tower; the Tower said later when we called them that they tried us on guard (I did have it tuned and up a little bit; surprised I didn't hear it) and did light signals but didn't mention calling Approach Control and asking them to tell us to go to Tower again. The other thing is tough; I know why the pilot flying doesn't do the flaps and gear himself; but in this case my asking for them right after the non flying pilot read back instructions to switch to Tower I think caused him forget to switch over and check in. Lastly; it's pretty ingrained in me to call out 'landing' before touching down; but going forward I'm going to be less concerned about saying the word and concerned with the 3 things we need to land.
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.