A PVT RATED PLT FLYING AN AA1 FROM LGB ON A MAINT TEST FLT IS CLRED FOR TKOF ON A RWY THEN TAKES A TXWY FOR TKOF AND ON LNDG LANDS ON THE WRONG RWY FROM THAT CLRED BY ATC.

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CURRENTLY OUT-OF-ANNUAL (18 MONTHS) ACFT; GRUMMAN AA1-B HAD UNDERGONE A PRE-FERRY CHK AND SIGNOFF BY REPAIR STATION. I CALLED DEP CTL TO REQUEST A CLOSE PATTERN TEST FLT. PLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT GND FOR A CLRNC. I RESTATED REQUEST; AND PURPOSE OF FLT; NOTING THAT HE WAS OUT-OF-TOWN; AND UNFAMILIAR WITH FIELD; AND THAT THE ACFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER A FERRY PERMIT. I REQUESTED PROGRESSIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE ACTIVE RWY. I WAS DIRECTED TO RWY 16R AT TXWY D VIA TXWYS F-B. I POSITIONED ACFT AT INTXN OF TXWYS B/D/K; AND TURNED ACFT 90 DEGS TO RWY FOR RUNUP (UNCTLED FIELD HABIT; SO I CAN SEE TFC FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS). AFTER PERFORMING A RUNUP AND PRE-TKOF CHK; I INFORMED THE TWR THAT I WAS READY. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A NO-DELAY TKOF ON RWY 16R. AS I TURNED BACK TO WHAT I PERCEIVED THE TXWY TO BE; I LOST MY POSITIONAL AWARENESS AND COMMENCED A TKOF ON TXWY D; PARALLEL TO RWY 12. TWR DID NOT INFORM ME OF MY ERROR UNTIL I WAS APPROX 75 FT IN THE AIR; AND COMMITTED TO A TKOF. AT THAT TIME THE CTLR BEGAN YELLING FOR ME TO MAKE AN 'IMMEDIATE' R TURN. HAD I COMPLIED; I WOULD HAVE PASSED IN FRONT OF THE TWR AT A LEVEL SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THE CAB. ADDITIONALLY; A VERY TALL CRANE WAS LOCATED PAST THE TWR; ADJACENT TO RWY 12/30. I CONTINUED CLBING PARALLEL TO RWY 12/30 UNTIL I PASSED THE CRANE; AND HAD GAINED SUFFICIENT ALT TO FEEL SOMEWHAT SAFE OVER THE POPULATED INDUSTRIAL AREA. THE CTLR REPEATED HIS INSTRUCTIONS IN A VERY STRESSED AND STRIDENT (AND LOUD) VOICE; WHICH ONLY EXACERBATED MY ANXIETY. AFTER ESTABLISHING MYSELF ON THE INSTRUCTED HDG; I WAS DIRECTED TO A DOWNWIND PARALLEL TO RWY 12/30 FOR LNDG ON RWY 16R. I ACKNOWLEDGED VISUAL CONTACT WITH RWY 12; AND SEEING HOW SHORT IT WAS; WAS EXTENDING MY DOWNWIND TO ESTABLISH A REASONABLE GS; IN LIGHT OF THE TEST PURPOSE OF THE FLT. AS I PASSED THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 12; THE CTLR BEGAN LOUDLY INSTRUCTING ME TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE BASE TURN. DURING THE (NECESSARILY) STEEP TURN; I LOST MY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND ALIGNED ON RWY 12. THE CTLR INFORMED ME AGAIN; IN A HIGHLY CHARGED EMOTIONAL VOICE; THAT I WAS LINED UP ON THE WRONG RWY; AT WHICH TIME I BROKE OFF; EXECUTED A SHORT DOWNWIND; BASE PATTERN AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RWY 16R. AS INSTRUCTED; I CONTACTED ATC ON THE TELEPHONE; AND PROVIDED PLT INFO.