Small aircraft landed on parallel taxiway instead of runway 11L.

Attributes
ACN	198312
Time
Date	199112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fat
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : svfr
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 728 flight time type : 556
ASRS Report	198312
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Was cleared for entry into arsa and requested vectors as visibility was below min. Big dust storm and high winds. When airport in sight was given choice of 11L or 11R. Having landed before on 11R I would normally request 11R but because of conditions described above requested 11L as I thought I would like to have all the runway possible. I could see 11L was clear and mistook it for 11R as I was lined up for the taxiway which was as big as most runways. It too was clear and only after landing did I realize the error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA LANDED ON PARALLEL TAXIWAY INSTEAD OF RWY 11L.

Narrative: WAS CLRED FOR ENTRY INTO ARSA AND REQUESTED VECTORS AS VISIBILITY WAS BELOW MIN. BIG DUST STORM AND HIGH WINDS. WHEN ARPT IN SIGHT WAS GIVEN CHOICE OF 11L OR 11R. HAVING LANDED BEFORE ON 11R I WOULD NORMALLY REQUEST 11R BUT BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE REQUESTED 11L AS I THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE RWY POSSIBLE. I COULD SEE 11L WAS CLR AND MISTOOK IT FOR 11R AS I WAS LINED UP FOR THE TAXIWAY WHICH WAS AS BIG AS MOST RWYS. IT TOO WAS CLR AND ONLY AFTER LNDG DID I REALIZE THE ERROR.

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.