Flight crew forgot to turn on required seat belt sign for landing on an large transport air carrier.

Attributes
ACN	313360
Time
Date	199508
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mco tower : lns
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	313360
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 other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Due to various distrs, captain forgot to place seat belt sign on during descent. New hire so also did not catch it when he performed descent check. Aircraft landed with seat belt sign off. Embarrassing!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FORGOT TO TURN ON REQUIRED SEAT BELT SIGN FOR LNDG ON AN LGT ACR.

Narrative: DUE TO VARIOUS DISTRS, CAPT FORGOT TO PLACE SEAT BELT SIGN ON DURING DSCNT. NEW HIRE SO ALSO DID NOT CATCH IT WHEN HE PERFORMED DSCNT CHK. ACFT LANDED WITH SEAT BELT SIGN OFF. EMBARRASSING!

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.