DC9 crew landed without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	447580
Time
Date	199908
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mfe.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	447580
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While making approach to mfe, I reported the airport in sight. Approach cleared me for a visual and pointed out traffic at 12 O'clock above and climbing. I was then given tower frequency. The first officer was handling communications. We were scanning for the traffic and were on a close-in left base. I called for the visual approach check, followed by the landing gear down and landing check. Checklists were accomplished and a normal landing was completed. On rollout, the first officer informed me that we had not received landing clearance. She had not switched to the tower frequency. We then called the tower. After taxiing to the gate and completing shutdown and parking check, I went to operations and called the tower. We discussed the events and I was told there had been no conflicts but since I had landed on the active runway without clearance, a runway incursion had occurred. I will in the future listen much closer to communications and make wider patterns for visual approachs. I had rushed my first officer and with the checklist being read and my concentration on the approach to the runway (7000 ft) I thought that I had been cleared to land when I had not.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 CREW LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WHILE MAKING APCH TO MFE, I RPTED THE ARPT IN SIGHT. APCH CLRED ME FOR A VISUAL AND POINTED OUT TFC AT 12 O'CLOCK ABOVE AND CLBING. I WAS THEN GIVEN TWR FREQ. THE FO WAS HANDLING COMS. WE WERE SCANNING FOR THE TFC AND WERE ON A CLOSE-IN L BASE. I CALLED FOR THE VISUAL APCH CHK, FOLLOWED BY THE LNDG GEAR DOWN AND LNDG CHK. CHKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND A NORMAL LNDG WAS COMPLETED. ON ROLLOUT, THE FO INFORMED ME THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED LNDG CLRNC. SHE HAD NOT SWITCHED TO THE TWR FREQ. WE THEN CALLED THE TWR. AFTER TAXIING TO THE GATE AND COMPLETING SHUTDOWN AND PARKING CHK, I WENT TO OPS AND CALLED THE TWR. WE DISCUSSED THE EVENTS AND I WAS TOLD THERE HAD BEEN NO CONFLICTS BUT SINCE I HAD LANDED ON THE ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC, A RWY INCURSION HAD OCCURRED. I WILL IN THE FUTURE LISTEN MUCH CLOSER TO COMS AND MAKE WIDER PATTERNS FOR VISUAL APCHS. I HAD RUSHED MY FO AND WITH THE CHKLIST BEING READ AND MY CONCENTRATION ON THE APCH TO THE RWY (7000 FT) I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND WHEN I HAD NOT.

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.