Unauthorized landing. Clearance landing not issued.

Attributes
ACN	316793
Time
Date	199509
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cvg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-88
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 : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	316795
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other controllera 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:

In category ii WX, landing was made at cvg, runway 36R, without landing clearance. Approach controller never switched us to tower for landing. We touched down, rolled out and called tower to tell them we cleared runway 36R and he switched us to ground. Backup and xchking could correct this situation. The controller was rushed also because the WX was changing quickly due to ground fog. No danger was imminent yet the approach controller must have though we were on tower, but we were not. Tower did not say anything to us when we switched to him on taxi, rollout. Ground did not say anything either.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNAUTH LNDG. CLRNC LNDG NOT ISSUED.

Narrative: IN CATEGORY II WX, LNDG WAS MADE AT CVG, RWY 36R, WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC. APCH CTLR NEVER SWITCHED US TO TWR FOR LNDG. WE TOUCHED DOWN, ROLLED OUT AND CALLED TWR TO TELL THEM WE CLRED RWY 36R AND HE SWITCHED US TO GND. BACKUP AND XCHKING COULD CORRECT THIS SIT. THE CTLR WAS RUSHED ALSO BECAUSE THE WX WAS CHANGING QUICKLY DUE TO GND FOG. NO DANGER WAS IMMINENT YET THE APCH CTLR MUST HAVE THOUGH WE WERE ON TWR, BUT WE WERE NOT. TWR DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO US WHEN WE SWITCHED TO HIM ON TAXI, ROLLOUT. GND DID NOT SAY ANYTHING EITHER.

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.