Checklist use. Air carrier crew forgets to turn on seat belt sign before landing.

Attributes
ACN	308690
Time
Date	199506
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bos tower : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	308690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far 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:

Assigned holding into bos due to WX and thunderstorms in area. So was checking WX, updating company, checking fuel status. Suddenly, ATC vectored us out of holding for ILS runway 4R at bos. Crew was also concerned with thunderstorms west of airport. Landing was uneventful until we arrived at the gate and found seat belt sign had never been turned on. Due to crew's preoccupation with other duties, the seat belt sign had been forgotten and also missed on checklist. I will direct my attention on the checklist from now on to insure the sign has been turned on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CHKLIST USE. ACR CREW FORGETS TO TURN ON SEAT BELT SIGN BEFORE LNDG.

Narrative: ASSIGNED HOLDING INTO BOS DUE TO WX AND TSTMS IN AREA. SO WAS CHKING WX, UPDATING COMPANY, CHKING FUEL STATUS. SUDDENLY, ATC VECTORED US OUT OF HOLDING FOR ILS RWY 4R AT BOS. CREW WAS ALSO CONCERNED WITH TSTMS W OF ARPT. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE AND FOUND SEAT BELT SIGN HAD NEVER BEEN TURNED ON. DUE TO CREW'S PREOCCUPATION WITH OTHER DUTIES, THE SEAT BELT SIGN HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN AND ALSO MISSED ON CHKLIST. I WILL DIRECT MY ATTN ON THE CHKLIST FROM NOW ON TO INSURE THE SIGN HAS BEEN TURNED ON.

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.