Small transport pilot landed at lit without contacting tower.

Attributes
ACN	546045
Time
Date	200204
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lit.airport
State Reference	AR
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lit.tracon tower : lit.tower
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : lit.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : missed approach
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	546045
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approach control was extremely busy and prior to my arrival a B727 went missed approach because of a reported 40 KT tailwind down to 300 ft AGL. With wind switching to 12 KT crosswind below, controller got even busier giving wind reports and forgot to hand me off to tower. I got busy trying to control aircraft in this obvious windshear situation and didn't realize I hadn't contacted tower until I had landed and noticed I was still on approach frequency. I contacted ground after landing, but nothing was said about my not contacting tower. Otherwise, flight was uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT PLT LANDED AT LIT WITHOUT CONTACTING TWR.

Narrative: APCH CTL WAS EXTREMELY BUSY AND PRIOR TO MY ARR A B727 WENT MISSED APCH BECAUSE OF A RPTED 40 KT TAILWIND DOWN TO 300 FT AGL. WITH WIND SWITCHING TO 12 KT XWIND BELOW, CTLR GOT EVEN BUSIER GIVING WIND RPTS AND FORGOT TO HAND ME OFF TO TWR. I GOT BUSY TRYING TO CTL ACFT IN THIS OBVIOUS WINDSHEAR SIT AND DIDN'T REALIZE I HADN'T CONTACTED TWR UNTIL I HAD LANDED AND NOTICED I WAS STILL ON APCH FREQ. I CONTACTED GND AFTER LNDG, BUT NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT MY NOT CONTACTING TWR. OTHERWISE, FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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.