A PVT SMT PLT RPTS THAT HE FLEW AN IFR TRIP WITHOUT APCH PLATES FOR HIS DEST ARPT. ERROR ADMITTED.

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AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED (5D8 TO CLT) AND A COMPLETE WX BRIEF WAS RECEIVED. ENRTE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEST APCH PLATES WERE NOT ONBOARD THE ACFT. WHEN I COLLECTED ALL OF MY NAV MATERIAL AFTER FLT PLANNING; I MUST HAVE INADVERTENTLY LEFT THE DEST APCH PLATES (SE VOLUME 2) ON THE FLT PLANNING TABLE IN THE FBO. AT THIS POINT I SHOULD HAVE ADVISED ATC THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO EXECUTE THE APCH AT CLT AND REVIEWED OPTIONS (CANCEL IFR; VECTORS TO VISUAL; ALTERNATE ARPTS; ETC). THE IFR FLT WAS CONTINUED PER THE FLT PLANNED RTE. ENRTE WX UPDATES WERE CONSISTENT WITH FORECAST CONDITIONS OF VMC AT DEST. PRIOR TO THE DSCNT PHASE OF THE FLT; THE WX CLRED AS FORECAST AND IT WAS APPARENT THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WOULD BE VMC. (I HAD ASSUMED THE APCH WOULD BE VECTORS TO VISUAL.) ON INITIAL CONTACT WITH APCH; I WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO THE SHINE INTXN. SINCE I HAD NOT ADEQUATELY REVIEWED THE STARS FOR CLT DURING THE PREFLT; I WAS UNABLE TO FIND SHINE INTXN IMMEDIATELY ON THE ENRTE CHART AND ADVISED ATC. (IN RETROSPECT; I WAS NOT EXPLICIT ENOUGH WITH THE APCH CTLR; AND THEREFORE IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS TO ATC THAT I DID NOT HAVE EITHER THE STARS OR APCH CHARTS ON BOARD.) ATC ACKNOWLEDGED AND IDENTED SHINE FOR ME AND PROVIDED VECTORS AFTER SHINE INTXN. I WAS HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT APCH CTLR WHO HAD CLRED ME FOR THE ILS RWY 18L AT CLT. AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE LOC TWICE AND BUSTING ALT; IT HAD BECOME OBVIOUS TO THE CTLR THAT THERE WAS A PROB. THE CTLR PROCEEDED TO VECTOR ME TO RWY 18L. SINCE I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT; DID NOT HAVE THE LOC DIALED IN; AND HAD NOT ADEQUATELY REVIEWED THE ARPT DIAGRAM; I LINED UP ON THE N AND S TXWY TO RWY 18R BELIEVING IT TO BE RWY 18L. THE TWR REALIZED I WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ARPT AND ADVISED ME THAT RWY 18L IS ON THE E SIDE OF THE TWR AND IS BLACK TOP. I REALIZED MY MISTAKE AND CROSSED OVER TO THE L. I ADVISED TWR THAT I NOW HAD RWY 18L IN SIGHT. TWR THEN CLRED ME TO LAND. GND CTL ADVISED ME TO CONTACT THE AREA MGR AFTER PARKING. I DISCUSSED THE EVENTS WITH THE AREA MGR VIA THE TELEPHONE. I EXPLAINED THE SIT AND ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONFUSION. HE APPEARED SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION AND I BELIEVED THAT TO BE THE END OF IT. WHILE AWAITING GND XPORTATION; 2 FAA OFFICIALS ARRIVED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE EVENTS OF THE FLT AND CONDUCTED A RAMP CHK OF THE ACFT. EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. THEY SUGGESTED I WORK ON INST PROCS AND CONCLUDED THE INTERVIEW.