Air carrier medium large transport flight crew on visual approach at btr lines up with a set of lights on the ground that turns out not to be the runway.

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Attributes
ACN	170602
Time
Date	199102
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : btr
State Reference	LA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1400 msl bound upper : 1400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : btr tower : btr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual approach : straight in
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	170602
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8900 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	170606
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Believed to have had filed in sight and was cleared for a visibility to runway 13 at btr. As first officer, I was at the controls on an intercept heading for lights believed to be runway 13. ILS tuned for 13 did not agree with what appeared to be lights on ground. Notified tower, requested heading to intercept. Tower gave us a 30 degree turn and reclred us to land runway 4. Sighted 4, tuned ILS and landed uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW ON VISUAL APCH AT BTR LINES UP WITH A SET OF LIGHTS ON THE GND THAT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE THE RWY.

Narrative: BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD FILED IN SIGHT AND WAS CLRED FOR A VIS TO RWY 13 AT BTR. AS F/O, I WAS AT THE CTLS ON AN INTERCEPT HDG FOR LIGHTS BELIEVED TO BE RWY 13. ILS TUNED FOR 13 DID NOT AGREE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE LIGHTS ON GND. NOTIFIED TWR, REQUESTED HDG TO INTERCEPT. TWR GAVE US A 30 DEG TURN AND RECLRED US TO LAND RWY 4. SIGHTED 4, TUNED ILS AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

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.