Air carrier flight crew fail to switch to tower and receive a landing clearance.

Attributes
ACN	527090
Time
Date	200110
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : syr.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 126 flight time total : 3710 flight time type : 451
ASRS Report	527090
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure
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:

Problem: failed to switch from approach to tower prior to landing. Contributing factors: high and fast entering terminal area. Poor descent planning. Light airplane due to low passenger load resulting in low target final approach speed. Both pilots' attention focused on airplane slowing and configuring. Did not confirm switch to tower from approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT CREW FAIL TO SWITCH TO TWR AND RECEIVE A LNDG CLRNC.

Narrative: PROB: FAILED TO SWITCH FROM APCH TO TWR PRIOR TO LNDG. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: HIGH AND FAST ENTERING TERMINAL AREA. POOR DSCNT PLANNING. LIGHT AIRPLANE DUE TO LOW PAX LOAD RESULTING IN LOW TARGET FINAL APCH SPD. BOTH PLTS' ATTN FOCUSED ON AIRPLANE SLOWING AND CONFIGURING. DID NOT CONFIRM SWITCH TO TWR FROM APCH.

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.