Private pilot of an small aircraft sel lands at the wrong airport at night.

Attributes
ACN	318569
Time
Date	199510
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : y19
State Reference	ND
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 2200
ASRS Report	318569
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was flying at night into an unfamiliar airport, bismark, nd. Tower cleared me to land on runway 13. I spotted strobe lights on the approach end of a runway and landed. Once on the ground, I discovered I had landed on runway 13 at mandan, nd, which is 5 mi west of bis. I talked to the bis tower from mandan, which is uncontrolled. I took off and flew the short hop to bis. There was no conflicting traffic at Y19.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF AN SMA SEL LANDS AT THE WRONG ARPT AT NIGHT.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING AT NIGHT INTO AN UNFAMILIAR ARPT, BISMARK, ND. TWR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 13. I SPOTTED STROBE LIGHTS ON THE APCH END OF A RWY AND LANDED. ONCE ON THE GND, I DISCOVERED I HAD LANDED ON RWY 13 AT MANDAN, ND, WHICH IS 5 MI W OF BIS. I TALKED TO THE BIS TWR FROM MANDAN, WHICH IS UNCTLED. I TOOK OFF AND FLEW THE SHORT HOP TO BIS. THERE WAS NO CONFLICTING TFC AT Y19.

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.