A C414 pilot accepted a runway change on short final in haze and landed on a parallel taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	636723
Time
Date	200411
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pdk.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Chancellor 414A & C414
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 82.1 flight time total : 9927 flight time type : 1351
ASRS Report	636723
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other incursion : taxiway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While on an ILS approach to runway 20L at pdk I was asked by the tower if I could accept runway 20R. I looked and thinking I had the runway, I accepted the changeover and was cleared to land. I knew that runway 20R was shorter than runway 20L so I set up for a short field landing, but by the time I realized I was looking at a taxiway, I had deployed full flaps. I saw that nothing was moving to the left or the right of the taxiway and that I had room to stop safely, I landed. I felt it was safer to land and stop than try a go around at that point. In retrospect, I should have never accepted a changeover in haze that close into a landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C414 PLT ACCEPTED A RWY CHANGE ON SHORT FINAL IN HAZE AND LANDED ON A PARALLEL TXWY.

Narrative: WHILE ON AN ILS APCH TO RWY 20L AT PDK I WAS ASKED BY THE TWR IF I COULD ACCEPT RWY 20R. I LOOKED AND THINKING I HAD THE RWY, I ACCEPTED THE CHANGEOVER AND WAS CLRED TO LAND. I KNEW THAT RWY 20R WAS SHORTER THAN RWY 20L SO I SET UP FOR A SHORT FIELD LNDG, BUT BY THE TIME I REALIZED I WAS LOOKING AT A TXWY, I HAD DEPLOYED FULL FLAPS. I SAW THAT NOTHING WAS MOVING TO THE L OR THE R OF THE TXWY AND THAT I HAD ROOM TO STOP SAFELY, I LANDED. I FELT IT WAS SAFER TO LAND AND STOP THAN TRY A GAR AT THAT POINT. IN RETROSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED A CHANGEOVER IN HAZE THAT CLOSE INTO A LNDG.

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.