B733 flight crew landing without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	496440
Time
Date	200012
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oma.airport
State Reference	NE
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 32l
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11218 flight time type : 4520
ASRS Report	496440
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 non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain's leg into oma receiving vectors for runway 32L ILS, approach was normal, followed by normal landing. Exiting the runway, the first officer dialed in ground frequency in the selected side of the radio being used. About that same time, I got an uneasy feeling that we had not been cleared to land. As I looked up at my memory aid (outboard landing lights), I noticed that they were not in the 'on' position. This indicated to me we had not received a landing clearance. I asked the first officer if we were cleared to land and he was not 100% sure. Ground cleared us to taxi to the gate. Upon arriving at the gate, I called tower via phone, but could not get through. I then called clearance delivery inquiring about our landing clearance. He communicated with the person working tower and his response indicated that there were no problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B733 FLC LWOC.

Narrative: CAPT'S LEG INTO OMA RECEIVING VECTORS FOR RWY 32L ILS, APCH WAS NORMAL, FOLLOWED BY NORMAL LNDG. EXITING THE RWY, THE FO DIALED IN GND FREQ IN THE SELECTED SIDE OF THE RADIO BEING USED. ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, I GOT AN UNEASY FEELING THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO LAND. AS I LOOKED UP AT MY MEMORY AID (OUTBOARD LNDG LIGHTS), I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT IN THE 'ON' POS. THIS INDICATED TO ME WE HAD NOT RECEIVED A LNDG CLRNC. I ASKED THE FO IF WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND HE WAS NOT 100% SURE. GND CLRED US TO TAXI TO THE GATE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE GATE, I CALLED TWR VIA PHONE, BUT COULD NOT GET THROUGH. I THEN CALLED CLRNC DELIVERY INQUIRING ABOUT OUR LNDG CLRNC. HE COMMUNICATED WITH THE PERSON WORKING TWR AND HIS RESPONSE INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBS.

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.