C210 PLT ALMOST LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY IN ENW.
Synopsis
C210 PLT ALMOST LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY IN ENW.
Narrative
FLEW ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM LL10 (NAPERVILLE; IL) TO ENW (KENOSHA; WI). UPON DEP; DEST ARPT WAS STILL MVFR AND FORECAST TO REMAIN SO UNTIL ARR. WAS VECTORED BY MKE APCH FOR THE VOR RWY 24R APCH. AS I TURNED AND INTERCEPTED THE FINAL APCH COURSE; ENTERED MODERATE TO HVY RAIN; MODERATE TURB AND IFR CONDITIONS. WAS CLRED FOR THE APCH; CONTACTED KENOSHA TWR AND WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 24R. AT 2 MI OUT FROM THE MISSED APCH (ENW VOR; LOCATED ON THE ARPT); ARPT WAS STILL NOT IN SIGHT DUE TO OBSCURATION FROM HVY RAIN. TWR ADVISED THAT MY ACFT WAS STILL NOT IN SIGHT AND THAT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE ON FULL INTENSITY. I PICKED UP RWY PAPI LIGHTS ABOUT 1-2 MI FROM THE RWY AND BEGAN THE DSCNT FROM THE MDA TO THE RWY. CONDITIONS WERE STILL HVY RAIN AND MODERATE TURB. KENOSHA TWR AGAIN ADVISED THAT WE WERE STILL NOT IN SIGHT AND TO CONTINUE. APPROX 1 MI FROM THE ARPT; THE RWY CAME IN VIEW THROUGH THE RAIN. I CONDUCTED MY FINAL LNDG CHKLIST AND PREPARED TO LAND. ON SHORT FINAL; APPROX 100 FT AGL; AN UNKNOWN VOICE ON THE FREQ ADVISED TWR THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY LNDG ON RWY 24L. I IMMEDIATELY RADIOED TWR FOR CLRNC TO LAND ON RWY 24L; WHICH TWR APPROVED; AND LANDED ON RWY 24L. ALL DURING THE APCH; I NEVER DID SEE THE RWY OR APCH LIGHTS FOR RWY 24R. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE WX; REDUCED VISIBILITY AND THE LIGHTS TURNED UP ON BOTH RWYS; WHEN ONLY 1 RWY (RWY 24R) WAS BEING USED FOR LNDG (RWY 24L IS THE SHORTER RWY AND WAS BEING USED FOR DEPS). AS CORRECTIVE ACTION; NEXT TIME I FIND MYSELF FACING AN APCH IN MARGINAL CONDITIONS TO PARALLEL RWYS (OR ANY APCH TO PARALLEL RWYS); I WILL MAKE A POINT TO LOOK UP ANY DIFFERENCES IN APCH LIGHTING (REILS; PAPI VERSUS VASI; ETC). TO MAKE SURE I CAN DIFFERENTIATE RWYS IN LOW WX CONDITIONS. I WAS LUCKY IN THIS CASE. THERE WAS NO ONE ON RWY 24L WHEN I LANDED; BUT THAT WAS ONLY DUE TO LUCK AND GOOD TIMING. THE NEXT TIME I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. ALSO; AS CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM ATC'S VIEWPOINT. I WOULD ONLY TURN ON THOSE RWY LIGHTS FOR THE LNDG RWY AT NIGHT AND WHEN WX CONDITIONS ARE IFR OR MVFR. HAVING BOTH RWYS LIT UP ONLY MADE IT EASIER FOR ME TO MISIDENT THE CORRECT LNDG RWY IN THE RAIN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.