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An AC50 cargo flight on visual approach to runway 17 land on the wrong runway. The reporter did not realize that he was lined up on the wrong runway until he was over the numbers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357009 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hut |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : hut tower : oak |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Commander 500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 1311 flight time type : 180 |
| ASRS Report | 357009 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance |
| 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:
During approach to landing at hutchinson municipal airport I was cleared for the visual approach to runway 17 by wichita approach control and advised to change to hutchinson tower frequency. After checking in with the tower, I was approaching the airport from the southeast and circled in very hazy conditions to the north of the airport for downwind and base to runway 17 but in that high wing aircraft, I lost sight of the runway in the turn. My directional gyroscope was also off by 15 degrees. When I rolled out, I was on base then final, but it wasn't until I was over the numbers that I realized that I had come in on the wrong runway. Paying more attention to position as well as traffic watch would have prevented this from happening.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AC50 CARGO FLT ON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 17 LAND ON THE WRONG RWY. THE RPTR DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE WAS LINED UP ON THE WRONG RWY UNTIL HE WAS OVER THE NUMBERS.
Narrative: DURING APCH TO LNDG AT HUTCHINSON MUNICIPAL ARPT I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 17 BY WICHITA APCH CTL AND ADVISED TO CHANGE TO HUTCHINSON TWR FREQ. AFTER CHKING IN WITH THE TWR, I WAS APCHING THE ARPT FROM THE SE AND CIRCLED IN VERY HAZY CONDITIONS TO THE N OF THE ARPT FOR DOWNWIND AND BASE TO RWY 17 BUT IN THAT HIGH WING ACFT, I LOST SIGHT OF THE RWY IN THE TURN. MY DIRECTIONAL GYROSCOPE WAS ALSO OFF BY 15 DEGS. WHEN I ROLLED OUT, I WAS ON BASE THEN FINAL, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS OVER THE NUMBERS THAT I REALIZED THAT I HAD COME IN ON THE WRONG RWY. PAYING MORE ATTN TO POS AS WELL AS TFC WATCH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING.
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.