Pilot reported or inadvertently landing on a taxiway. The controller had turned off the runway light...

Narrative:

Near destination airport the left main gear indication light failed to illuminate. Contacted center and notified them of the problem and diverted to ZZZ where services were available. Contacted TRACON and notified them of the gear problem and was provided vectors to the runway xx which I programmed into the GNS 530 for situational awareness; cleared for the visual approach and handed off to the tower which stated cleared to land. On right base requested lights turned up on the runway and observed the continuous green light come up very bright. Observed different intersecting lights at about 1 o'clock. Overheard controller tell another aircraft that runway xx was closed. I asked the controller if I was lined up correctly because my GNS 530 indicated I was left of runway xx on short final and he said affirmative. I landed on the taxiway. The supervising controller called the next day and we discussed the taxiway landing and why it happened. Supervisor indicated that the controller was inexperienced and had inadvertently turned off the lights for runway xx and turned up the taxiway lights then confirmed that I was lined up properly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported or inadvertently landing on a taxiway. The Controller had turned off the runway lights and turned up the taxiway lights only.

Narrative: Near destination airport the left main gear indication light failed to illuminate. Contacted Center and notified them of the problem and diverted to ZZZ where services were available. Contacted TRACON and notified them of the gear problem and was provided vectors to the Runway XX which I programmed into the GNS 530 for situational awareness; cleared for the Visual Approach and handed off to the tower which stated cleared to land. On right base requested lights turned up on the runway and observed the continuous green light come up very bright. Observed different intersecting lights at about 1 o'clock. Overheard controller tell another aircraft that Runway XX was closed. I asked the controller if I was lined up correctly because my GNS 530 indicated I was left of Runway XX on short final and he said affirmative. I landed on the taxiway. The supervising controller called the next day and we discussed the taxiway landing and why it happened. Supervisor indicated that the controller was inexperienced and had inadvertently turned off the lights for Runway XX and turned up the taxiway lights then confirmed that I was lined up properly.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1305064
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 906 Flight Crew Type 530
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Pilot reported or inadvertently landing on a taxiway. The controller had turned off the runway lights and turned up the taxiway lights only.