Landed without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	292960
Time
Date	199501
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bwi artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340B
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 185 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	292960
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:

We were cleared for the visual runway 33R at baltimore by bwi approach. I don't think he ever passed us over to tower frequency and we landed runway 33R at bwi without clearance to land. Unaware of any traffic conflict, and we cleared runway, called ground, and taxied to the gate. No one ever mentioned that we landed without a clearance, but we were never on the tower frequency. We were distracted by a number of things on final approach to the airport. The first was the fact that it was windy and we were landing on a very short runway (about 5000 ft) for our aircraft. I had never flown with this copilot before and we are both based at rdu but were on temporary duty out of jfk. We had both flown only about 10 hours in the preceding 30 days and were unfamiliar with this route, and neither of us had flown into jfk or bwi in quite some time. While I did review both airports and NOTAMS, WX conditions, etc prior to our flight, since I had not been flying much recently I was concerned with making sure our approach was good, we were at the proper airspds, and all checklists had been accomplished and subsequently missed the fact that my first officer never went to the tower frequency and got a landing clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL RWY 33R AT BALTIMORE BY BWI APCH. I DON'T THINK HE EVER PASSED US OVER TO TWR FREQ AND WE LANDED RWY 33R AT BWI WITHOUT CLRNC TO LAND. UNAWARE OF ANY TFC CONFLICT, AND WE CLRED RWY, CALLED GND, AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. NO ONE EVER MENTIONED THAT WE LANDED WITHOUT A CLRNC, BUT WE WERE NEVER ON THE TWR FREQ. WE WERE DISTRACTED BY A NUMBER OF THINGS ON FINAL APCH TO THE ARPT. THE FIRST WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS WINDY AND WE WERE LNDG ON A VERY SHORT RWY (ABOUT 5000 FT) FOR OUR ACFT. I HAD NEVER FLOWN WITH THIS COPLT BEFORE AND WE ARE BOTH BASED AT RDU BUT WERE ON TEMPORARY DUTY OUT OF JFK. WE HAD BOTH FLOWN ONLY ABOUT 10 HRS IN THE PRECEDING 30 DAYS AND WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS RTE, AND NEITHER OF US HAD FLOWN INTO JFK OR BWI IN QUITE SOME TIME. WHILE I DID REVIEW BOTH ARPTS AND NOTAMS, WX CONDITIONS, ETC PRIOR TO OUR FLT, SINCE I HAD NOT BEEN FLYING MUCH RECENTLY I WAS CONCERNED WITH MAKING SURE OUR APCH WAS GOOD, WE WERE AT THE PROPER AIRSPDS, AND ALL CHKLISTS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND SUBSEQUENTLY MISSED THE FACT THAT MY FO NEVER WENT TO THE TWR FREQ AND GOT A LNDG CLRNC.

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.