BE20 captain flew a visual approach to a military field instead of the intended civilian field. The first officer told him of his error and was ignored.

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Attributes
ACN	603476
Time
Date	200312
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cub.airport
State Reference	SC
Altitude	msl single value : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cae.tracon
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200 HDC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	603476
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to original clearance flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : exited penetrated airspace none taken : unable
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain called cub in sight. ATC cleared us for a visual approach to cub. Captain flew to military airfield 10 mi southeast of cub thinking that the air base was cub. First officer repeatedly stated that the captain was going to the wrong airport. Finally, at approximately 3 mi from military field, captain turned away from military base, finally realizing it was not cub. We landed safely at cub about 10 mins later. Captain was fixated on the military base and would not accept any reasoning or logic as to why he was not going to the right airport. I feel that we deviated the airspace around the military field as we were 2500 ft MSL, 3 mi away, but I had no DME from the military base to know our exact distance away.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE20 CAPT FLEW A VISUAL APCH TO A MIL FIELD INSTEAD OF THE INTENDED CIVILIAN FIELD. THE FO TOLD HIM OF HIS ERROR AND WAS IGNORED.

Narrative: CAPT CALLED CUB IN SIGHT. ATC CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH TO CUB. CAPT FLEW TO MIL AIRFIELD 10 MI SE OF CUB THINKING THAT THE AIR BASE WAS CUB. FO REPEATEDLY STATED THAT THE CAPT WAS GOING TO THE WRONG ARPT. FINALLY, AT APPROX 3 MI FROM MIL FIELD, CAPT TURNED AWAY FROM MIL BASE, FINALLY REALIZING IT WAS NOT CUB. WE LANDED SAFELY AT CUB ABOUT 10 MINS LATER. CAPT WAS FIXATED ON THE MIL BASE AND WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY REASONING OR LOGIC AS TO WHY HE WAS NOT GOING TO THE RIGHT ARPT. I FEEL THAT WE DEVIATED THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE MIL FIELD AS WE WERE 2500 FT MSL, 3 MI AWAY, BUT I HAD NO DME FROM THE MIL BASE TO KNOW OUR EXACT DISTANCE AWAY.

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.