GA C182 lands wrong way at uncontrolled unu.

Attributes
ACN	428375
Time
Date	199902
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : unu.airport
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual approach : traffic pattern arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2560 flight time type : 1320
ASRS Report	428375
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	observation : air carrier inspector
Qualification	other other : faa inspector
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : aci 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Heading direct enw-unu 320 degree radial. Called unicom winds and TA. Unicom runway 20. On arrival saw runway 2. Advised 3.5 mi right base runway 20. Advised traffic on final runway 20. Landed downwind on runway 2. No problem. No traffic early sunday morning. Upon reaching ramp, which is at the end of runway 2, FAA inspector announced a ramp check. Provided all required documents. All in order. FAA inspector then requested my airman's certificate and medical. Produced both. Contributing factor was mistaking runway 2 for runway 20 (reciprocal). No corrective action was taken -- no incident. No other aircraft in area at time of landing. Made a good downwind landing. Had a long runway. No excessive braking was needed. In retrospect the downwind landing would not have occurred had I overflown the airport on arrival and noted the tetrahedron and runway arrangement.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA C182 LANDS WRONG WAY AT UNCTLED UNU.

Narrative: HDG DIRECT ENW-UNU 320 DEG RADIAL. CALLED UNICOM WINDS AND TA. UNICOM RWY 20. ON ARR SAW RWY 2. ADVISED 3.5 MI R BASE RWY 20. ADVISED TFC ON FINAL RWY 20. LANDED DOWNWIND ON RWY 2. NO PROB. NO TFC EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. UPON REACHING RAMP, WHICH IS AT THE END OF RWY 2, FAA INSPECTOR ANNOUNCED A RAMP CHK. PROVIDED ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. ALL IN ORDER. FAA INSPECTOR THEN REQUESTED MY AIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL. PRODUCED BOTH. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS MISTAKING RWY 2 FOR RWY 20 (RECIPROCAL). NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN -- NO INCIDENT. NO OTHER ACFT IN AREA AT TIME OF LNDG. MADE A GOOD DOWNWIND LNDG. HAD A LONG RWY. NO EXCESSIVE BRAKING WAS NEEDED. IN RETROSPECT THE DOWNWIND LNDG WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED HAD I OVERFLOWN THE ARPT ON ARR AND NOTED THE TETRAHEDRON AND RWY ARRANGEMENT.

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.