Air carrier jet flight crew misinterps runway clearance landing at phx.

Attributes
ACN	407560
Time
Date	199807
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phx
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phx tower : phx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 6650
ASRS Report	407560
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Received ATIS. Expected power plant visual runway 26L. Briefed same approach. Understood approach control to clear us for visual runway 26L. Lined up for runway 26L and went to tower frequency. Tower indicated we were to land runway 26R. Was unable runway 26R. Was reclred visual runway 26L and cleared to land. Am uncertain if I misunderstood approach clearance or approach controller planned runway 26R for us, but actually cleared us visual runway 26L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR JET FLC MISINTERPS RWY CLRNC LNDG AT PHX.

Narrative: RECEIVED ATIS. EXPECTED PWR PLANT VISUAL RWY 26L. BRIEFED SAME APCH. UNDERSTOOD APCH CTL TO CLR US FOR VISUAL RWY 26L. LINED UP FOR RWY 26L AND WENT TO TWR FREQ. TWR INDICATED WE WERE TO LAND RWY 26R. WAS UNABLE RWY 26R. WAS RECLRED VISUAL RWY 26L AND CLRED TO LAND. AM UNCERTAIN IF I MISUNDERSTOOD APCH CLRNC OR APCH CTLR PLANNED RWY 26R FOR US, BUT ACTUALLY CLRED US VISUAL RWY 26L.

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.