A C210 PLT; ON APCH TO ARR; BECAME DISORIENTED; FLYING THROUGH THE FINAL APCH COURSE.

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I INITIALLY CALLED ARR TWR AT 8 NM NE OF FIELD AND WAS TOLD TO RPT 2 MI NE FOR RWY 27. UPON APCHING THE FIELD; I HEARD THE CALLS FROM BOTH A SMALL ACFT ON DOWNWIND TO BASE FOR RWY 27; AND A SMALL JET ON A SEVERAL MI FINAL FOR RWY 27. I SAW THE LIGHTS ON BOTH OF THESE ACFT AND WAS AWARE OF THEIR POS. AT ABOUT 2 MI NE; I CALLED ARR TWR AND TOLD HIM OF MY POS AND THAT I HAD THE SMALL ACFT TURNING BASE TO FINAL AT 12 O'CLOCK POS. (I STILL HAD THE JET ON FINAL IN MY SIGHT ALSO.) AT THAT POINT; THE CTLR ASKED IF I COULD MAKE A SHORT APCH TO THE RWY FROM THAT POS; I REPLIED THAT I COULD AND I WOULD SLOW UP AND DO THAT. I REMAINED HIGH AND SLOWED THE ACFT FOR THE SHORT APCH. THE CTLR; THEN STATED IF I COULD DO THAT; THEN ENTER A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 27; INSTEAD OF THE SHORT APCH; ANGLED ENTRY. MY MAIN POINT OF CONCERN AT THIS TIME WAS WATCHING FOR THE LNDG AND INBOUND ON FINAL TFC. BY THIS TIME; I WAS STILL QUITE HIGH IN THE PATTERN AND WAS NEARING THE FINAL APCH COURSE TO RWY 27. I ENDED UP FLYING THROUGH THE FINAL APCH COURSE TO RWY 27; WHILE WELL ABOVE THE FLT PATH OF THE JET ON FINAL. I HAD BECOME SOMEWHAT DISORIENTED WHILE WATCHING FOR THE TFC AND THE LAST MIN CHANGE OF PLANS. TWR INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD MAKE A L TURN AND FOLLOW THE ACFT (JET) ON FINAL. NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS NEEDED BY ANY ACFT. I SHOULD HAVE MADE A R 360 DEG TURN WHILE ON BASE FOR RWY 27; RATHER THAN JUST SLOWING AND TAKING THE SHORT APCH.