Land without clearance. Flight crew forgot to switch to tower for clearance.

Attributes
ACN	337350
Time
Date	199606
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
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 : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	337350
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5900 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	337465
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
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:

20+ mi final to visual approachs in atl. Cleared for visual switch to tower at FAF at about 15 mi. Forgot to switch and landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LAND WITHOUT CLRNC. FLC FORGOT TO SWITCH TO TWR FOR CLRNC.

Narrative: 20+ MI FINAL TO VISUAL APCHS IN ATL. CLRED FOR VISUAL SWITCH TO TWR AT FAF AT ABOUT 15 MI. FORGOT TO SWITCH AND LANDED.

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.