DH8B crew landed without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	475274
Time
Date	200005
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gjt.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	475274
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 129 flight time total : 5900 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	474790
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Our commercial scheduled flight was cleared on a visual approach by radar approach and was handed off to gjt tower. We checked in at 10-15 mi sse. Tower asked my aircraft to report a 3 mi left base for runway 29. The aircraft entered the pattern and performed the landing checklist but, we were distracted by cockpit duties and thus the check in with tower at 3 mi out, and subsequent landing clearance was omitted. The contributing factors to this landing without a clearance include: increased crew workload at time of requested check in (landing checks), and misattention to duties. 20 yrs of flying this was my first no ATC clearance landing. We must stick to procedure and standard operating practices always.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DH8B CREW LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: OUR COMMERCIAL SCHEDULED FLT WAS CLRED ON A VISUAL APCH BY RADAR APCH AND WAS HANDED OFF TO GJT TWR. WE CHKED IN AT 10-15 MI SSE. TWR ASKED MY ACFT TO RPT A 3 MI L BASE FOR RWY 29. THE ACFT ENTERED THE PATTERN AND PERFORMED THE LNDG CHKLIST BUT, WE WERE DISTRACTED BY COCKPIT DUTIES AND THUS THE CHK IN WITH TWR AT 3 MI OUT, AND SUBSEQUENT LNDG CLRNC WAS OMITTED. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS LNDG WITHOUT A CLRNC INCLUDE: INCREASED CREW WORKLOAD AT TIME OF REQUESTED CHK IN (LNDG CHKS), AND MISATTENTION TO DUTIES. 20 YRS OF FLYING THIS WAS MY FIRST NO ATC CLRNC LNDG. WE MUST STICK TO PROC AND STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICES ALWAYS.

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.