Pilot of a C182R inadvertently landed on a taxiway under construction. The reporter mistook the taxiway for the left parallel runway due to the aircraft's wing down in the low altitude turn which obstructed the airport runway layout.

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Attributes
ACN	395152
Time
Date	199802
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdm
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dca
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 2082 flight time type : 15
ASRS Report	395152
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
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:

Directed to cross airport at midfield, turn tight downwind, cleared to land on runway 26R. As descending to pattern, acknowledged jet on wide downwind. Told to turn tight base, then directed to land on runway 26L. Wing in tight turn obscured vision of airport layout. Recognized runway 26L and proceeded to land -- only it wasn't runway 26L -- a construction site for a new taxiway. Pretty rough.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A C182R INADVERTENTLY LANDED ON A TXWY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE RPTR MISTOOK THE TXWY FOR THE L PARALLEL RWY DUE TO THE ACFT'S WING DOWN IN THE LOW ALT TURN WHICH OBSTRUCTED THE ARPT RWY LAYOUT.

Narrative: DIRECTED TO CROSS ARPT AT MIDFIELD, TURN TIGHT DOWNWIND, CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 26R. AS DSNDING TO PATTERN, ACKNOWLEDGED JET ON WIDE DOWNWIND. TOLD TO TURN TIGHT BASE, THEN DIRECTED TO LAND ON RWY 26L. WING IN TIGHT TURN OBSCURED VISION OF ARPT LAYOUT. RECOGNIZED RWY 26L AND PROCEEDED TO LAND -- ONLY IT WASN'T RWY 26L -- A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A NEW TXWY. PRETTY ROUGH.

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.