Air carrier flight crew tunes wrong frequency on handoff to tower. Lands without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	202948
Time
Date	199202
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	202948
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	202947
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
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:

Radios were so congested and when told to switch to tower at 1000 ft in left descending turn to runway, wrong runway frequency was set in. Aircraft landed in front of us and cleared runway. We were so focused on the aircraft ahead and making a safe approach that we landed without clearance. We also cleared the runway onto runway 4 with an aircraft in the takeoff position. Problem caused by late clearance to switch to tower and time compression. Clear to tower earlier! Crew workload was too high at time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLC TUNES WRONG FREQ ON HDOF TO TWR. LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: RADIOS WERE SO CONGESTED AND WHEN TOLD TO SWITCH TO TWR AT 1000 FT IN L DSNDING TURN TO RWY, WRONG RWY FREQ WAS SET IN. ACFT LANDED IN FRONT OF US AND CLRED RWY. WE WERE SO FOCUSED ON THE ACFT AHEAD AND MAKING A SAFE APCH THAT WE LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC. WE ALSO CLRED THE RWY ONTO RWY 4 WITH AN ACFT IN THE TKOF POS. PROBLEM CAUSED BY LATE CLRNC TO SWITCH TO TWR AND TIME COMPRESSION. CLR TO TWR EARLIER! CREW WORKLOAD WAS TOO HIGH AT 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.