B757 flight crew landing without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	494820
Time
Date	200012
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : den.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	494820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Navigational Facility Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared for a visual approach runway 4R ord. We were high and were concerned about getting down to the GS. The GS was found to be inoperative but was not notamed or on ATIS as being inoperative. We had been cleared for the visual and to contact ord tower at the marker. After landing we were advised we were on approach frequency. I don't know if we had switched to tower for landing clearance and switched back or never actually switched to tower frequency. We called the tower supervisor whose main concern was our exit onto taxiway Q. He said there were no problems for them on control or clrncs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC LWOC.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH RWY 4R ORD. WE WERE HIGH AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING DOWN TO THE GS. THE GS WAS FOUND TO BE INOP BUT WAS NOT NOTAMED OR ON ATIS AS BEING INOP. WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR THE VISUAL AND TO CONTACT ORD TWR AT THE MARKER. AFTER LNDG WE WERE ADVISED WE WERE ON APCH FREQ. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD SWITCHED TO TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC AND SWITCHED BACK OR NEVER ACTUALLY SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ. WE CALLED THE TWR SUPVR WHOSE MAIN CONCERN WAS OUR EXIT ONTO TXWY Q. HE SAID THERE WERE NO PROBS FOR THEM ON CTL OR CLRNCS.

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.