Commuter light transport lands without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	281271
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3600
ASRS Report	281271
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
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:

Flight was cleared for the visual approach to runway 29R 10 mi south of airport. On final, we were instructed to switch to msp tower. We switched to tower frequency, however, we failed to check on. We landed without clearance and without incident. One possible cause of this incident is that crew was distracted with before landing checklist when we were switched to tower frequency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LTT LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: FLT WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 29R 10 MI S OF ARPT. ON FINAL, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH TO MSP TWR. WE SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ, HOWEVER, WE FAILED TO CHK ON. WE LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. ONE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IS THAT CREW WAS DISTRACTED WITH BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST WHEN WE WERE SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ.

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.