An F100 aircraft lands at pit without receiving landing clearance. First officer had not switched to tower. Crew cites approach controller's failure to turn them over to tower as causal.

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Attributes
ACN	416980
Time
Date	199810
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pit airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
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 : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	416980
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
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:

On ILS/visual approach to runway 32 at pit, we landed on runway 32 without being switched to pit tower. We were vectored for landing runway 32 with speed being controled by approach control. We were never advised to switch to tower frequency for landing and we did not discover this until after landing. The runway was clear and no other aircraft were involved. I called tower after landing and was told that we were cleared to land.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN F100 ACFT LANDS AT PIT WITHOUT RECEIVING LNDG CLRNC. FO HAD NOT SWITCHED TO TWR. CREW CITES APCH CTLR'S FAILURE TO TURN THEM OVER TO TWR AS CAUSAL.

Narrative: ON ILS/VISUAL APCH TO RWY 32 AT PIT, WE LANDED ON RWY 32 WITHOUT BEING SWITCHED TO PIT TWR. WE WERE VECTORED FOR LNDG RWY 32 WITH SPD BEING CTLED BY APCH CTL. WE WERE NEVER ADVISED TO SWITCH TO TWR FREQ FOR LNDG AND WE DID NOT DISCOVER THIS UNTIL AFTER LNDG. THE RWY WAS CLR AND NO OTHER ACFT WERE INVOLVED. I CALLED TWR AFTER LNDG AND WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE CLRED TO LAND.

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.