A BE9L crew landed at the wrong airport, maf, tx, instead of odo, tx.

Attributes
ACN	529209
Time
Date	200111
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : maf.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	King Air C90 E90
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	529209
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were en route to odo and landed without permission at maf. The problem arose by misident of maf as odo. Contributing factors: 1) ATC told us to change to advisory frequency. I questioned approach controller if odo had a tower. Approach said no tower at odo. Odo and maf are less than 10 mi apart. 2) approach failed to see us start down to maf. 3) I failed to believe my GPS. We found out we were at maf when we got to the FBO. Corrective action: 1) we called maf tower/ground and asked to go to odd. We were cleared by ground and tower and flew to odo without any problems. 2) better CRM. 3) called tower at maf who was unaware that anything had happened. Human consideration: poor CRM. We failed to work the issue out as a crew, even though the GPS was in question. Actions as captain on this flight: I had been to maf before, so I thought I was at the right airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE9L CREW LANDED AT THE WRONG ARPT, MAF, TX, INSTEAD OF ODO, TX.

Narrative: WE WERE ENRTE TO ODO AND LANDED WITHOUT PERMISSION AT MAF. THE PROB AROSE BY MISIDENT OF MAF AS ODO. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) ATC TOLD US TO CHANGE TO ADVISORY FREQ. I QUESTIONED APCH CTLR IF ODO HAD A TWR. APCH SAID NO TWR AT ODO. ODO AND MAF ARE LESS THAN 10 MI APART. 2) APCH FAILED TO SEE US START DOWN TO MAF. 3) I FAILED TO BELIEVE MY GPS. WE FOUND OUT WE WERE AT MAF WHEN WE GOT TO THE FBO. CORRECTIVE ACTION: 1) WE CALLED MAF TWR/GND AND ASKED TO GO TO ODD. WE WERE CLRED BY GND AND TWR AND FLEW TO ODO WITHOUT ANY PROBS. 2) BETTER CRM. 3) CALLED TWR AT MAF WHO WAS UNAWARE THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED. HUMAN CONSIDERATION: POOR CRM. WE FAILED TO WORK THE ISSUE OUT AS A CREW, EVEN THOUGH THE GPS WAS IN QUESTION. ACTIONS AS CAPT ON THIS FLT: I HAD BEEN TO MAF BEFORE, SO I THOUGHT I WAS AT THE RIGHT ARPT.

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.