A D328 crew land without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	503310
Time
Date	200102
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Do 328 TP (Turboprop)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other Other
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 : 230 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	503310
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After receiving vectors from approach control, we were cleared for a visual approach and told to contact the tower at the marker. Approximately 2 mi before the marker, we began to configure the aircraft for landing and experienced a minor and easily correctable mechanical problem. I was hand flying the approach while the first officer corrected the problem and completed the checklists. There was a miscom in the cockpit, and we failed to contact the tower at the marker. After landing, ground control informed us we had landed without a clearance. Fortunately, no incursions occurred because we were the only aircraft arriving or departing from that runway at that time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A D328 CREW LAND WITHOUT CLEARANCE.

Narrative: AFTER RECEIVING VECTORS FROM APCH CTL, WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH AND TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR AT THE MARKER. APPROX 2 MI BEFORE THE MARKER, WE BEGAN TO CONFIGURE THE ACFT FOR LNDG AND EXPERIENCED A MINOR AND EASILY CORRECTABLE MECHANICAL PROB. I WAS HAND FLYING THE APCH WHILE THE FO CORRECTED THE PROB AND COMPLETED THE CHKLISTS. THERE WAS A MISCOM IN THE COCKPIT, AND WE FAILED TO CONTACT THE TWR AT THE MARKER. AFTER LNDG, GND CTL INFORMED US WE HAD LANDED WITHOUT A CLRNC. FORTUNATELY, NO INCURSIONS OCCURRED BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY ACFT ARRIVING OR DEPARTING FROM THAT RWY AT THAT TIME.

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.