A widebody transport freighter lands at pen, first officer, without benefit of a landing clearance. Crew was on tower frequency but did not check in with local controller. Ground controller advises crew of the transgression.

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Attributes
ACN	404167
Time
Date	199806
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pen
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pen
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	404167
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	404760
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other
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 other

Narrative:

On approach to penang, received a late letdown and 80 degree intercept for runway 4 to pick up and begin the ILS at about 9 mi and 4000 ft. This required time to get established on the localizer and a maximum rate of descent for a safe landing. There was also confusion with approach control due to language. Being preoccupied with the challenging intercept and descent and then confused with what approach controller was saying, we apparently missed getting a landing clearance from tower (although we did switch to tower). Ground advised we had not been cleared to land. There was no conflict either airborne or on the runway. Supplemental information from acn 404079: we were preoccupied with bad turn on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A WDB FREIGHTER LANDS AT PEN, FO, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF A LNDG CLRNC. CREW WAS ON TWR FREQ BUT DID NOT CHK IN WITH LCL CTLR. GND CTLR ADVISES CREW OF THE TRANSGRESSION.

Narrative: ON APCH TO PENANG, RECEIVED A LATE LETDOWN AND 80 DEG INTERCEPT FOR RWY 4 TO PICK UP AND BEGIN THE ILS AT ABOUT 9 MI AND 4000 FT. THIS REQUIRED TIME TO GET ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC AND A MAX RATE OF DSCNT FOR A SAFE LNDG. THERE WAS ALSO CONFUSION WITH APCH CTL DUE TO LANGUAGE. BEING PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CHALLENGING INTERCEPT AND DSCNT AND THEN CONFUSED WITH WHAT APCH CTLR WAS SAYING, WE APPARENTLY MISSED GETTING A LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR (ALTHOUGH WE DID SWITCH TO TWR). GND ADVISED WE HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO LAND. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT EITHER AIRBORNE OR ON THE RWY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 404079: WE WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH BAD TURN ON.

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.