An air carrier medium large transport flight crew landed on runway 27L without talking to the tower.

Attributes
ACN	343977
Time
Date	199608
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
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 pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 9000
ASRS Report	343977
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000
ASRS Report	344080
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance 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:

Landed iah without contact with tower, still on approach control frequency. Never was asked to switch to tower. First officer noticed same frequency was on radio after we landed. We had been cleared for visual approach to runway 27L. Approach control was busy and so were we. We did monitor the frequency all the way to landing. No calls made to us, on guard frequency or approach after cleared for approach. Checklists all accomplished and read out loud. Don't know how to prevent such an error, but I usually switch on taxi (nose) light as a reminder that I was cleared from tower. Obviously I failed to doublechk it this time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG FLC LANDED ON RWY 27L WITHOUT TALKING TO THE TWR.

Narrative: LANDED IAH WITHOUT CONTACT WITH TWR, STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ. NEVER WAS ASKED TO SWITCH TO TWR. FO NOTICED SAME FREQ WAS ON RADIO AFTER WE LANDED. WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 27L. APCH CTL WAS BUSY AND SO WERE WE. WE DID MONITOR THE FREQ ALL THE WAY TO LNDG. NO CALLS MADE TO US, ON GUARD FREQ OR APCH AFTER CLRED FOR APCH. CHKLISTS ALL ACCOMPLISHED AND READ OUT LOUD. DON'T KNOW HOW TO PREVENT SUCH AN ERROR, BUT I USUALLY SWITCH ON TAXI (NOSE) LIGHT AS A REMINDER THAT I WAS CLRED FROM TWR. OBVIOUSLY I FAILED TO DOUBLECHK IT THIS TIME.

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.