Narrative:

During descent for approach, upon initial contact with mia approach we were advised to expect a visual approach to runway 9L. First officer was flying aircraft manually. On dogleg to final, approach inquired if air carrier X abcd had a visual on the runway. First officer stated he had visual and that was relayed to approach control, who then issued clearance for a visual approach to runway 9L. First officer continued to align aircraft with runway as captain continued to accomplish before landing checklist. Captain was distraction by not being able to tune and identify ILS for runway 9L. During turn to final approach, approach control send air carrier X abcd to tower frequency. When air carrier X abcd checked on frequency, tower asked 'what runway do you intend on landing? It appears you are lined up for runway 9R.' air carrier X abcd requested landing clearance for runway 9R and was cleared to land on runway 9R. No conflict with other aircraft ever occurred. Air carrier X abcd landed on runway 9R with no further incident. Supplemental information from acn 537421: after clearing by mia approach for a visual approach to runway 9L, first officer aligned the aircraft to runway 9R. Mia tower then authority/authorized clearance to runway 9R and cleared us to land runway 9R. No further incident occurred.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 CREW, ON FINAL TO MIA, LINED UP ON THE WRONG PARALLEL RWY. WHEN QUERIED BY TWR, THEY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A CLRNC TO LAND ON THE RWY THEY WERE ALIGNED WITH.

Narrative: DURING DSCNT FOR APCH, UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH MIA APCH WE WERE ADVISED TO EXPECT A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L. FO WAS FLYING ACFT MANUALLY. ON DOGLEG TO FINAL, APCH INQUIRED IF ACR X ABCD HAD A VISUAL ON THE RWY. FO STATED HE HAD VISUAL AND THAT WAS RELAYED TO APCH CTL, WHO THEN ISSUED CLRNC FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L. FO CONTINUED TO ALIGN ACFT WITH RWY AS CAPT CONTINUED TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST. CAPT WAS DISTR BY NOT BEING ABLE TO TUNE AND IDENT ILS FOR RWY 9L. DURING TURN TO FINAL APCH, APCH CTL SEND ACR X ABCD TO TWR FREQ. WHEN ACR X ABCD CHKED ON FREQ, TWR ASKED 'WHAT RWY DO YOU INTEND ON LNDG? IT APPEARS YOU ARE LINED UP FOR RWY 9R.' ACR X ABCD REQUESTED LNDG CLRNC FOR RWY 9R AND WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 9R. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT EVER OCCURRED. ACR X ABCD LANDED ON RWY 9R WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 537421: AFTER CLRING BY MIA APCH FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L, FO ALIGNED THE ACFT TO RWY 9R. MIA TWR THEN AUTH CLRNC TO RWY 9R AND CLRED US TO LAND RWY 9R. NO FURTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED.

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.