Clearance landing not received. Unauthorized landing. Frequency change missed.

Attributes
ACN	296506
Time
Date	199502
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	296506
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far 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:

As first officer, I was hand-flying a visual approach to runway 9R in atlanta. The captain was handling the radios. Approximately 10 mi out, approach control gave us clearance for the visual. I disconnected the autoplt to hand-fly the approach. The captain busied himself making inputs into the FMS. I did not hear if approach control told the captain to contact the tower at the marker as is normal in atl. After configuring the aircraft, I called for the 'before landing checklist.' the captain completed the checklist and we landed on runway 9R. After transferring control of the aircraft to the captain during rollout, I observed that the radio was still on approach control, indicating we had not received landing clearance from atlanta tower. This event could have possibly been avoided if the captain had not been programming the FMS during the approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLRNC LNDG NOT RECEIVED. UNAUTH LNDG. FREQ CHANGE MISSED.

Narrative: AS FO, I WAS HAND-FLYING A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9R IN ATLANTA. THE CAPT WAS HANDLING THE RADIOS. APPROX 10 MI OUT, APCH CTL GAVE US CLRNC FOR THE VISUAL. I DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT TO HAND-FLY THE APCH. THE CAPT BUSIED HIMSELF MAKING INPUTS INTO THE FMS. I DID NOT HEAR IF APCH CTL TOLD THE CAPT TO CONTACT THE TWR AT THE MARKER AS IS NORMAL IN ATL. AFTER CONFIGURING THE ACFT, I CALLED FOR THE 'BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST.' THE CAPT COMPLETED THE CHKLIST AND WE LANDED ON RWY 9R. AFTER TRANSFERRING CTL OF THE ACFT TO THE CAPT DURING ROLLOUT, I OBSERVED THAT THE RADIO WAS STILL ON APCH CTL, INDICATING WE HAD NOT RECEIVED LNDG CLRNC FROM ATLANTA TWR. THIS EVENT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN AVOIDED IF THE CAPT HAD NOT BEEN PROGRAMMING THE FMS DURING THE APCH.

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.