A B727 taxies into the gate without contacting ground controller as instructed by tower controller.

Attributes
ACN	396340
Time
Date	199803
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
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	artcc : rjtg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	396340
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
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:

Cleared runway and received permission to cross parallel runway. Crossed and was told to contact ground control. Failed to contact ground control. Realized it after we parked at the gate and saw tower frequency still in selector. We all need to pay more attention and make sure we switch to ground and receive clearance to taxi in. Will be more careful next time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 TAXIES INTO THE GATE WITHOUT CONTACTING GND CTLR AS INSTRUCTED BY TWR CTLR.

Narrative: CLRED RWY AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO CROSS PARALLEL RWY. CROSSED AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT GND CTL. FAILED TO CONTACT GND CTL. REALIZED IT AFTER WE PARKED AT THE GATE AND SAW TWR FREQ STILL IN SELECTOR. WE ALL NEED TO PAY MORE ATTN AND MAKE SURE WE SWITCH TO GND AND RECEIVE CLRNC TO TAXI IN. WILL BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT 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.