A newly minted private pilot on a cross country to hsv lined up on closed runway 36R vice runway 36L...

Attributes
ACN	1204961
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HSV.Airport
State Reference	AL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31.5 Flight Crew Total 88.2 Flight Crew Type 12.5
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 5280 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Was given initial direction by hsv approach to land 36L. I confirmed directions; switched to tower as directed by approach after making visual with 36R. I was in the process of landing on 36R when; approximately one mile out; tower called to verify that I was supposed to be landing on 36L as it appeared that I was setting up to land on 36R which was currently a closed runway. I confirmed that I was incorrectly lined up for 36R; took corrective action; flew over to 36L and landed. My error was that; when creating my cross-country flight log and airport diagram; I did not draw the parallel runway due to 18L-36R being closed. When I looked at my flight log for runway verification I did not have the parallel runway drawn and therefore did not look to differentiate 36L and 36R. Once I made visual with 36R I never looked for a parallel runway. Had I paid more attention to my sectional; or if I had correctly drawn both the active and inactive runways; or if I had utilized an official version of the AFD; I would have known to look for the correct runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A newly minted Private Pilot on a cross country to HSV lined up on closed Runway 36R vice Runway 36L for landing. The Tower intervened and appropriate advisories and course adjustments prevented an incident.

Narrative: Was given initial direction by HSV Approach to land 36L. I confirmed directions; switched to Tower as directed by Approach after making visual with 36R. I was in the process of landing on 36R when; approximately one mile out; tower called to verify that I was supposed to be landing on 36L as it appeared that I was setting up to land on 36R which was currently a closed runway. I confirmed that I was incorrectly lined up for 36R; took corrective action; flew over to 36L and landed. My error was that; when creating my cross-country flight log and airport diagram; I did not draw the parallel runway due to 18L-36R being closed. When I looked at my flight log for runway verification I did not have the parallel runway drawn and therefore did not look to differentiate 36L and 36R. Once I made visual with 36R I never looked for a parallel runway. Had I paid more attention to my Sectional; or if I had correctly drawn both the active and inactive runways; or if I had utilized an official version of the AFD; I would have known to look for the correct runway.

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A newly minted private pilot on a cross country to hsv lined up on closed runway 36R vice runway 36L for landing. The tower intervened and appropriate advisories and course adjustments prevented an incident.