Commuter lands without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	312410
Time
Date	199507
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Jetstream 41
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4575 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	312410
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 non adherence 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:

Failure to obtain landing clearance prior to landing. We were on tower frequency. We just never checked in because we were way high on approach and it took all our attention to get aircraft down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: FAILURE TO OBTAIN LNDG CLRNC PRIOR TO LNDG. WE WERE ON TOWER FREQ. WE JUST NEVER CHKED IN BECAUSE WE WERE WAY HIGH ON APCH AND IT TOOK ALL OUR ATTN TO GET ACFT DOWN.

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.