A SF340 flight crew lands at dfw without changing over to tower to get landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	404740
Time
Date	199806
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4990 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	404740
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 : clearance 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:

We were cleared for a visual approach from dfw approach control 3 mi out from runway 18R dfw. We never received a handoff to tower control and landed without a clearance. (We were still with approach control when we landed.) approach control told us to switch to tower after we had already cleared the runway. We switched to tower and were given taxi instructions as if nothing had happened. Contributing factors: we were on reduced rest of 9 hours after a 15 hour duty day and 10.3 hours of flying. Also, the approach controller never giving us a handoff to tower were factors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A SF340 FLC LANDS AT DFW WITHOUT CHANGING OVER TO TWR TO GET LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH FROM DFW APCH CTL 3 MI OUT FROM RWY 18R DFW. WE NEVER RECEIVED A HDOF TO TWR CTL AND LANDED WITHOUT A CLRNC. (WE WERE STILL WITH APCH CTL WHEN WE LANDED.) APCH CTL TOLD US TO SWITCH TO TWR AFTER WE HAD ALREADY CLRED THE RWY. WE SWITCHED TO TWR AND WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: WE WERE ON REDUCED REST OF 9 HRS AFTER A 15 HR DUTY DAY AND 10.3 HRS OF FLYING. ALSO, THE APCH CTLR NEVER GIVING US A HDOF TO TWR WERE FACTORS.

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.