Air carrier landing without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	198777
Time
Date	199201
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak tower : sfo
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	198777
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 3000
ASRS Report	198766
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

May have landed sfo 28R without tower clearance. Found radio on approach during rollout. We were engaged in an instruction of automatic coupled approach and must have missed switching over. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter participated in structured callback for runway incursion study. Reporter described PIC and first officer roles during final approach phase of flight. Prior to the LOM the PIC started to demonstrate an ILS coupled approach in which the PIC would be PF and first officer would take control of the aircraft for touchdown. This is a reversal of the normal roles during coupled approach, but PIC is a line check captain and was demonstrating the automatic coupled approach to new first officer. Reporter says he failed to brief the first officer properly as to his responsibility to communicate with ATC during this phase. As a result neither called tower for landing clearance. Had tower frequency set in 1 radio but had not switched over. No other traffic involved. Called tower after turnoff runway onto high speed taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: MAY HAVE LANDED SFO 28R WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. FOUND RADIO ON APCH DURING ROLLOUT. WE WERE ENGAGED IN AN INSTRUCTION OF AUTO COUPLED APCH AND MUST HAVE MISSED SWITCHING OVER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR PARTICIPATED IN STRUCTURED CALLBACK FOR RWY INCURSION STUDY. RPTR DESCRIBED PIC AND FO ROLES DURING FINAL APCH PHASE OF FLT. PRIOR TO THE LOM THE PIC STARTED TO DEMONSTRATE AN ILS COUPLED APCH IN WHICH THE PIC WOULD BE PF AND FO WOULD TAKE CTL OF THE ACFT FOR TOUCHDOWN. THIS IS A REVERSAL OF THE NORMAL ROLES DURING COUPLED APCH, BUT PIC IS A LINE CHK CAPT AND WAS DEMONSTRATING THE AUTO COUPLED APCH TO NEW FO. RPTR SAYS HE FAILED TO BRIEF THE FO PROPERLY AS TO HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ATC DURING THIS PHASE. AS A RESULT NEITHER CALLED TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC. HAD TWR FREQ SET IN 1 RADIO BUT HAD NOT SWITCHED OVER. NO OTHER TFC INVOLVED. CALLED TWR AFTER TURNOFF RWY ONTO HIGH SPD TAXIWAY.

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.