Flight crew of an medium large transport landed without contact with the tower or acknowledging land...

Attributes
ACN	320510
Time
Date	199511
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gso
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	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 : 120 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	320510
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	320514
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were flying on a downwind leg for a visual approach to runway 32 at greensboro airport. We called the airport in sight and approach cleared us for the visual approach, never told us to contact the tower, and after landing we realized we were still on approach frequency and had never gotten our clearance to land from greensboro tower. While taxiing in, the first officer talked to the tower, and they confirmed that they had cleared us to land but did not get a response from us. I think that our early arrival times in the morning make us a little less formal about radio procedures because so often there is only one controller working all the frequencys and very regularly we get cleared for the visual and cleared to land at the same time from 1 controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG LANDED WITHOUT CONTACT WITH THE TWR OR ACKNOWLEDGING LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE FLYING ON A DOWNWIND LEG FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 32 AT GREENSBORO ARPT. WE CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND APCH CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL APCH, NEVER TOLD US TO CONTACT THE TWR, AND AFTER LNDG WE REALIZED WE WERE STILL ON APCH FREQ AND HAD NEVER GOTTEN OUR CLRNC TO LAND FROM GREENSBORO TWR. WHILE TAXIING IN, THE FO TALKED TO THE TWR, AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD CLRED US TO LAND BUT DID NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM US. I THINK THAT OUR EARLY ARR TIMES IN THE MORNING MAKE US A LITTLE LESS FORMAL ABOUT RADIO PROCS BECAUSE SO OFTEN THERE IS ONLY ONE CTLR WORKING ALL THE FREQS AND VERY REGULARLY WE GET CLRED FOR THE VISUAL AND CLRED TO LAND AT THE SAME TIME FROM 1 CTLR.

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.

Flight crew of an medium large transport landed without contact with the tower or acknowledging landing clearance.