BE58 pilot; distracted by difficulties in programming a new GPS; lined up for landing at the wrong a...

Attributes
ACN	1103890
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 2848 Flight Crew Type 1700
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

IFR flight plan with new garmin 750 and 500 panel. Got confused on set up for waypoint intersect. Controller was helpful and circled us around for a new setup. Broke out of clouds and got further confused with nearby airport.... Realized lined up for wrong airport and contacted tower. Vectored to proper airport and with mental overload; landed safely on a short runway and blew left tire. No damage other than to my ego and the tire. Clearly I was overloaded for what should have been an easy approach and landing caused by the confusion of learning the new system and the need to be at a location on time. Silly pilot errors caused by overload and the domino effect of multiple tasks.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE58 pilot; distracted by difficulties in programming a new GPS; lined up for landing at the wrong airport. After receiving a vector from ATC; pilot proceeded to the proper airport; but blew a tire on landing.

Narrative: IFR flight plan with new Garmin 750 and 500 panel. Got confused on set up for waypoint intersect. Controller was helpful and circled us around for a new setup. Broke out of clouds and got further confused with nearby airport.... Realized lined up for wrong airport and contacted Tower. Vectored to proper airport and with mental overload; landed safely on a short runway and blew left tire. No damage other than to my ego and the tire. Clearly I was overloaded for what should have been an easy approach and landing caused by the confusion of learning the new system and the need to be at a location on time. Silly pilot errors caused by overload and the domino effect of multiple tasks.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.