STUDENT PLT ON FIRST SOLO XCOUNTRY ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN FOR THE WRONG NEARBY ARPT.

Narrative

THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO XCOUNTRY AND BASED ON THAT FACT I WAS VERY NERVOUS. I WAS HEADING TOWARDS NASHUA ON MY WAY BACK FROM SANFORD AND I WAS USING VORS; DEAD RECKONING; PILOTAGE TO TRACK MY COURSE. I WAS ALSO RECEIVING FLT FOLLOWING FROM MHT APCH. WHEN MHT APCH CALLED TO ASK IF I SAW THE ARPT (NASHUA) I DIDN'T. I THEN STARTED TO GET NERVOUS BECAUSE I THOUGHT PERHAPS I WAS OFF COURSE AND THE ARPT WAS REALLY CLOSER THAN WHAT I WAS THINKING. MHT APCH CALLED TO SEE IF I HAD IT IN SIGHT YET AND WHAT I THOUGHT MUST BE NASHUA WAS REALLY MHT. I TOLD THEM I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND THEY TOLD ME TO SWITCH TO NASHUA TWR; WHILE I STARTED TO ENTER A 45 TO A DOWNWIND. AT THE EXACT MOMENT; I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT NASHUA; NASHUA TWR CALLED TO SAY I WAS REALLY AT MHT. SO I SWITCHED FREQS LIKE I WAS TOLD TO AND I CLBED AND TURNED. MHT APCH THEN GAVE ME EXACT VECTORS TO NASHUA. WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WAS I WAS REALLY NERVOUS AND I PANICKED WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE THE ARPT IN SIGHT. I DID MAKE IT BACK TO NASHUA ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND LANDED SAFELY.