Pilot of an atx small transport landed on the wrong runway due to runway clearance confusion.

Attributes
ACN	296192
Time
Date	199502
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fll tower : hou
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2069 flight time type : 711
ASRS Report	296192
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
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:

Test flying a navajo out of maintenance with owner. Approaching to land, tower asked if we had a preference of runways. We requested runway 9L and was given runway 13 with the tower's effort to give us runway 9L -- the main jet runway but much closer to our parking area. On base to runway 13, tower asked if we had traffic in sight and to follow same traffic to runway 9L. We landed behind traffic without incident. Tower told us afterward that our landing runway was runway 13. It sounded like a different controller than the one we had airborne. Maybe the runway change given by the first controller was not relayed to the relieving controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN ATX SMT LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY DUE TO RWY CLRNC CONFUSION.

Narrative: TEST FLYING A NAVAJO OUT OF MAINT WITH OWNER. APCHING TO LAND, TWR ASKED IF WE HAD A PREFERENCE OF RWYS. WE REQUESTED RWY 9L AND WAS GIVEN RWY 13 WITH THE TWR'S EFFORT TO GIVE US RWY 9L -- THE MAIN JET RWY BUT MUCH CLOSER TO OUR PARKING AREA. ON BASE TO RWY 13, TWR ASKED IF WE HAD TFC IN SIGHT AND TO FOLLOW SAME TFC TO RWY 9L. WE LANDED BEHIND TFC WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWR TOLD US AFTERWARD THAT OUR LNDG RWY WAS RWY 13. IT SOUNDED LIKE A DIFFERENT CTLR THAN THE ONE WE HAD AIRBORNE. MAYBE THE RWY CHANGE GIVEN BY THE FIRST CTLR WAS NOT RELAYED TO THE RELIEVING CTLR.

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.