Small aircraft taxiway landing.

Attributes
ACN	149856
Time
Date	199006
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	149856
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Tower requested I follow an small aircraft to runway 17. Due to glare of the sun I lost sight of the small aircraft. Tower advised clear to land. I landed on parallel taxiway. I made a very dumb mistake. Ground control requested I call the tower after shut down. Tower chief suggested I clearly review airport diagram and make sure I know the airport. I will not make this mistake again, ever!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA TXWY LNDG.

Narrative: TWR REQUESTED I FOLLOW AN SMA TO RWY 17. DUE TO GLARE OF THE SUN I LOST SIGHT OF THE SMA. TWR ADVISED CLR TO LAND. I LANDED ON PARALLEL TXWY. I MADE A VERY DUMB MISTAKE. GND CTL REQUESTED I CALL THE TWR AFTER SHUT DOWN. TWR CHIEF SUGGESTED I CLRLY REVIEW ARPT DIAGRAM AND MAKE SURE I KNOW THE ARPT. I WILL NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE AGAIN, EVER!

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.