An air carrier flight crew in an medium large transport land without authority/authorized from tower...

Attributes
ACN	372070
Time
Date	199706
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tys
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
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 : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 5500
ASRS Report	372070
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The WX was VFR and we had been cleared by tys approach for a visual to runway 23R and change to tys tower. Due to keeping an eye on runway 23L landing traffic and getting established on the approach after being held up high, neither my relatively new first officer nor I called the tower for a landing clearance -- a case of too many distractions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC IN AN MLG LAND WITHOUT AUTH FROM TWR.

Narrative: THE WX WAS VFR AND WE HAD BEEN CLRED BY TYS APCH FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 23R AND CHANGE TO TYS TWR. DUE TO KEEPING AN EYE ON RWY 23L LNDG TFC AND GETTING ESTABLISHED ON THE APCH AFTER BEING HELD UP HIGH, NEITHER MY RELATIVELY NEW FO NOR I CALLED THE TWR FOR A LNDG CLRNC -- A CASE OF TOO MANY DISTRACTIONS.

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.