Narrative:

We were nearing the end of our morning flight. I had with me a first officer on his first trip. It was the first officer's leg and we were approaching a very busy airport for landing. Things were very slow and I was helping him with power settings and aircraft confign. As we were approaching a turn to final, ATC decided to put a plane in front of us and took us through final. At that time the frequency traffic really picked up. I was helping the first officer with the approach when ATC cleared us for a visual approach. Since we had passed through final we were a little lower and slower than I was comfortable with. I was assisting the first officer in correcting this as we came on short final. After we touched down I realized we had not received a handoff from approach nor a clearance to land from the tower. We immediately cleared the runway as we contacted the tower. There were several factors that contributed to this occurrence. I was flying with a pilot on his first line flight and was watching him more closely than I normally would have to. The turn through final added to my distraction as I had to assist the first officer with the aircraft. The increased activity on the radio distracted both the ATC controller and myself. Looking back on this event I feel I should have taken full control of the plane when I saw the first officer was getting behind. I feel that if I had the controls at that time I would have been less distracted and we would have noticed that we had not been cleared to land.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE NEARING THE END OF OUR MORNING FLT. I HAD WITH ME A FO ON HIS FIRST TRIP. IT WAS THE FO'S LEG AND WE WERE APCHING A VERY BUSY ARPT FOR LNDG. THINGS WERE VERY SLOW AND I WAS HELPING HIM WITH PWR SETTINGS AND ACFT CONFIGN. AS WE WERE APCHING A TURN TO FINAL, ATC DECIDED TO PUT A PLANE IN FRONT OF US AND TOOK US THROUGH FINAL. AT THAT TIME THE FREQ TFC REALLY PICKED UP. I WAS HELPING THE FO WITH THE APCH WHEN ATC CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH. SINCE WE HAD PASSED THROUGH FINAL WE WERE A LITTLE LOWER AND SLOWER THAN I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH. I WAS ASSISTING THE FO IN CORRECTING THIS AS WE CAME ON SHORT FINAL. AFTER WE TOUCHED DOWN I REALIZED WE HAD NOT RECEIVED A HDOF FROM APCH NOR A CLRNC TO LAND FROM THE TWR. WE IMMEDIATELY CLRED THE RWY AS WE CONTACTED THE TWR. THERE WERE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS OCCURRENCE. I WAS FLYING WITH A PLT ON HIS FIRST LINE FLT AND WAS WATCHING HIM MORE CLOSELY THAN I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE TO. THE TURN THROUGH FINAL ADDED TO MY DISTR AS I HAD TO ASSIST THE FO WITH THE ACFT. THE INCREASED ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO DISTRACTED BOTH THE ATC CTLR AND MYSELF. LOOKING BACK ON THIS EVENT I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN FULL CTL OF THE PLANE WHEN I SAW THE FO WAS GETTING BEHIND. I FEEL THAT IF I HAD THE CTLS AT THAT TIME I WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS DISTRACTED AND WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO LAND.

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.