BE55 PLT LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY AT YIP.

Date: 2000-09 · Aircraft: Baron 55/Cochise · Phase: landing

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown|ground-incursion-runway|other-fixation-on-atis-landed-on-wrong-rwy

Synopsis

BE55 PLT LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY AT YIP.

Narrative

THE ATIS; WHICH WAS CURRENT WHEN I CHKED IN WITH THE DETROIT APCH CTLR; SAID 'VISUAL APCHS RWY 5R; LNDG AND DEPARTING RWY 5L.' SINCE RWY 5R WAS THE CLOSEST RWY ON MY APCH PATH TO THE ARPT; I WAS 'EXPECTING' RWY 5R. I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH RWY 5L; AND I WONDERED WHY RWY 5L RATHER THAN RWY 5R. AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO THE TWR; I WAS TOLD TO 'TURN INTO THE ARPT NOW -- KEEP THE TURN UP.' I HAD PLANNED A DOWNWIND TO ALLOW FOR MY DSCNT FROM 4000 FT AT 1000 FPM TO BE IN A POS FOR LNDG. AFTER THE TWR'S INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN INTO THE ARPT; I HAD TO INCREASE THE DSCNT RATE SIGNIFICANTLY. AFTER TURNING I ALIGNED WITH RWY 5R AND MENTALLY THOUGHT I WAS CLRED BY THE TWR FOR LNDG RWY 5R. I WAS IN THE LNDG FLARE WHEN THE TWR ANNOUNCED THAT I HAD BEEN CLRED FOR RWY 5L NOT RWY 5R AND I SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR THE TRUCK OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY. SINCE THE TIME THAT I HAD CHKED IN WITH DETROIT APCH THE ATIS HAD BEEN UPDATED WHICH SAID THAT RWY 5R WAS CLOSED. IF I HAD QUESTIONED THE CLRNC OR ASKED IF ATIS WAS STILL CURRENT THIS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE OCCURRENCE.

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