DISORIENTED PLT MISSTATES HIS POS AND ENTERS TFC PATTERN FROM THE NNW INSTEAD OF THE NE.

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RPTED MY POS TO LBE TWR AS 10 NM NE OF THE ARPT AND REQUESTED A STRAIGHT IN APCH TO RWY 23. AS DIRECTED; I NEXT RPTED 4 NM NE OF ARPT AND WAS CLRED TO LAND. THE ARPT BEACON WAS IN SIGHT BUT I HAD DIFFICULTY IDENTING AND ORIENTING MYSELF TO THE RWY. I ANNOUNCED TO THE TWR THAT I WAS MAKING A 360 DEG L TURN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURN; I WAS AGAIN CLRED TO LAND. BY THAT TIME I REALIZED I WAS NNW OF THE ARPT; NOT NE. THE APCH AND LNDG PROCEEDED NORMALLY. I DID NOT GIVE THE TWR AN OPPORTUNITY TO AUTHORIZE THE 360 DEG TURN BEFORE I BEGAN IT NOR DID I GIVE A CORRECTED POS RPT. ALTHOUGH THIS ATA IS NOT A HIGH TFC AREA; I WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE TWR; WHEN I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION; BECAUSE THE TWR WAS ENGAGED IN OTHER COMS. I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WAS AN ACFT ON A R DOWNWIND TO THE SAME RWY. I SAW THIS ACFT ABOVE; AHEAD AND FURTHER W OF ME WHEN I BEGAN THE TURN. UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURN IT HAD PASSED BEHIND. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE WERE IN A NEAR; CLOSE OR CONFLICT SITUATION. I KNEW THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT ON THE FINAL APCH OR ON A BASE LEG. CORRECTION ACTION TO PREVENT RECURRENCE WILL BE TO WORK TO IMPROVE MY NAV ABILITY AND POS AWARENESS.