Flight crew of an lr jet air ambulance flight forgot to contact tower for landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	320529
Time
Date	199511
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mkc
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Learjet 24
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 145 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	320529
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	320899
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far
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:

Landed without clearance. I am new captain, was distraction by windshear, turbulence and monitoring flying of first officer. Hurriedly entered ground frequency on final (removing tower frequency). Upon clearing runway noticed switch was still set to approach control frequency. Supplemental information from acn 320899: the situation also could have been prevented by improved crew coordination and cockpit procedures to ensure that a landing clearance is obtained in a timely manner. The addition of a landing clearance challenge to the before landing checklist might be helpful with this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LR JET AIR AMBULANCE FLT FORGOT TO CONTACT TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC. I AM NEW CAPT, WAS DISTR BY WINDSHEAR, TURB AND MONITORING FLYING OF FO. HURRIEDLY ENTERED GND FREQ ON FINAL (REMOVING TWR FREQ). UPON CLRING RWY NOTICED SWITCH WAS STILL SET TO APCH CTL FREQ. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 320899: THE SIT ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY IMPROVED CREW COORD AND COCKPIT PROCS TO ENSURE THAT A LNDG CLRNC IS OBTAINED IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE ADDITION OF A LNDG CLRNC CHALLENGE TO THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST MIGHT BE HELPFUL WITH THIS PROB.

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.