Lost C150 student pilot landed at wrong airport in low fuel state.

Attributes
ACN	627579
Time
Date	200408
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : aex.airport
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : aex.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 150
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 29 flight time total : 70 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	627579
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	other personnel
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical airspace violation : entry incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was conducting a solo cross country training flight to longview, tx, to natchitoches la. I became disoriented on the longview to natchitoches leg of the flight. I found an airport and was forced to land because of critical fuel considerations. The airport was alexandria international (aex). I did not contact the tower before landing as I did not now which airport it was, and there were no airport marings to identify the airport prior to landing. Callbac conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the pilot felt adequately prepared by his instructor and his own preflight planning. The major factor was the lac of route terrain features and the wind effect on his trac. He simply got lost. He did not now what airport he was at when his low fuel state mandated that he land quicly. I ased if security met him upon landing. He said that initially he taxied to a maintenance FBO to find out the airport location. The ground crew thought his situation was comic and commented it happened frequently. When he taxied to the fuel pit, security did approach him to determine his identify and business. He was not detained. He did not get any comment from the local controllers at the airport either upon landing or departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOST C150 STUDENT PLT LANDED AT WRONG ARPT IN LOW FUEL STATE.

Narrative: I WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT TO LONGVIEW, TX, TO NATCHITOCHES LA. I BECAME DISORIENTED ON THE LONGVIEW TO NATCHITOCHES LEG OF THE FLT. I FOUND AN ARPT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND BECAUSE OF CRITICAL FUEL CONSIDERATIONS. THE ARPT WAS ALEXANDRIA INTL (AEX). I DID NOT CONTACT THE TWR BEFORE LNDG AS I DID NOT NOW WHICH ARPT IT WAS, AND THERE WERE NO ARPT MARINGS TO IDENT THE ARPT PRIOR TO LNDG. CALLBAC CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE PLT FELT ADEQUATELY PREPARED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR AND HIS OWN PREFLT PLANNING. THE MAJOR FACTOR WAS THE LAC OF RTE TERRAIN FEATURES AND THE WIND EFFECT ON HIS TRAC. HE SIMPLY GOT LOST. HE DID NOT NOW WHAT ARPT HE WAS AT WHEN HIS LOW FUEL STATE MANDATED THAT HE LAND QUICLY. I ASED IF SECURITY MET HIM UPON LNDG. HE SAID THAT INITIALLY HE TAXIED TO A MAINT FBO TO FIND OUT THE ARPT LOCATION. THE GND CREW THOUGHT HIS SIT WAS COMIC AND COMMENTED IT HAPPENED FREQUENTLY. WHEN HE TAXIED TO THE FUEL PIT, SECURITY DID APCH HIM TO DETERMINE HIS IDENT AND BUSINESS. HE WAS NOT DETAINED. HE DID NOT GET ANY COMMENT FROM THE LCL CTLRS AT THE ARPT EITHER UPON LNDG OR DEP.

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.