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Cessna pilot reported landing on the wrong runway after a wind and runway change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1581676 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SBP.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 520 Flight Crew Type 234 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
About 10-20 miles from the airport; I copied ATIS information which indicated wind from 190@7. This favored runway 11; so I requested and received a visual approach to runway 11. As I maneuvered to enter a right base for runway 11; the tower informed me that the winds had shifted to 220@9; and offered me runway 25. Since the winds favored runway 25; I accepted runway 25. The tower cleared me to land on runway 25; and I confirmed that clearance. This was my first time landing on a runway other than 29 at sbp; since the winds almost always favor 29. Even though I presumably confirmed runway 25 (I don't remember the tower correcting me; as they would have if I had said runway 29); I set up a left downwind entry for 29 out of habit. The 29 downwind runs near some hills; so I became preoccupied with the terrain. Turning base for 29 (not 25; as I had been cleared) I requested and received a wind check. I then turned final for 29 and landed. In the landing rollout; the tower advised me of the deviation and provided a phone number.because I was used to landing on 29; and complacent from landing on a VFR day at [this] airport; I didn't stop to think about the unusual (to me) runway assignment; or stop to double check my assigned runway. I also didn't write down the assigned runway. If; after getting the runway assignment; I had written it down and/or slowed things down a bit to allow me to focus on the unusual (to me) clearance; I'd have been much more likely to realize my error and avoid landing on the wrong runway. Instead; because I was complacent and distracted; I landed on the wrong runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cessna pilot reported landing on the wrong runway after a wind and runway change.
Narrative: About 10-20 miles from the airport; I copied ATIS information which indicated wind from 190@7. This favored runway 11; so I requested and received a visual approach to runway 11. As I maneuvered to enter a right base for runway 11; the tower informed me that the winds had shifted to 220@9; and offered me runway 25. Since the winds favored runway 25; I accepted runway 25. The tower cleared me to land on runway 25; and I confirmed that clearance. This was my first time landing on a runway other than 29 at SBP; since the winds almost always favor 29. Even though I presumably confirmed runway 25 (I don't remember the tower correcting me; as they would have if I had said runway 29); I set up a left downwind entry for 29 out of habit. The 29 downwind runs near some hills; so I became preoccupied with the terrain. Turning base for 29 (not 25; as I had been cleared) I requested and received a wind check. I then turned final for 29 and landed. In the landing rollout; the tower advised me of the deviation and provided a phone number.Because I was used to landing on 29; and complacent from landing on a VFR day at [this] airport; I didn't stop to think about the unusual (to me) runway assignment; or stop to double check my assigned runway. I also didn't write down the assigned runway. If; after getting the runway assignment; I had written it down and/or slowed things down a bit to allow me to focus on the unusual (to me) clearance; I'd have been much more likely to realize my error and avoid landing on the wrong runway. Instead; because I was complacent and distracted; I landed on the wrong runway.
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.