Flight crew of an MD80 lined up to the wrong parallel runway during a visual approach resulting in the tower controller intervening and a correction back to the assigned runway.

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Attributes
ACN	350054
Time
Date	199610
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	350054
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Line up on wrong runway. ATC facility: dfw tower. Location: final approach for runway 17C. We were cleared for a visual to runway 17L at dfw. WX was VFR. We flew through final on runway 17L and rolled out on runway 17C. We realized our mistake as tower asked us what runway we were lined up on. We corrected back to runway 17L and landing was uneventful. We talked about our error later and thought that the recent change in runway designations may have contributed to our error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MD80 LINED UP TO THE WRONG PARALLEL RWY DURING A VISUAL APCH RESULTING IN THE TWR CTLR INTERVENING AND A CORRECTION BACK TO THE ASSIGNED RWY.

Narrative: LINE UP ON WRONG RWY. ATC FACILITY: DFW TWR. LOCATION: FINAL APCH FOR RWY 17C. WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 17L AT DFW. WX WAS VFR. WE FLEW THROUGH FINAL ON RWY 17L AND ROLLED OUT ON RWY 17C. WE REALIZED OUR MISTAKE AS TWR ASKED US WHAT RWY WE WERE LINED UP ON. WE CORRECTED BACK TO RWY 17L AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. WE TALKED ABOUT OUR ERROR LATER AND THOUGHT THAT THE RECENT CHANGE IN RWY DESIGNATIONS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR 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.