LEARJET 55 FLC APCH TO AND LAND ON THE WRONG PARALLEL RWY. ATCT LCL CTLR DID NOT CORRECT THE CREW'S LNDG CLRNC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE RWY TO WHICH APCH CTL HAD CLRED THEM.

Date: 2002-02 · Aircraft: Learjet 55 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

LEARJET 55 FLC APCH TO AND LAND ON THE WRONG PARALLEL RWY. ATCT LCL CTLR DID NOT CORRECT THE CREW'S LNDG CLRNC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE RWY TO WHICH APCH CTL HAD CLRED THEM.

Narrative

AS I APCHED TUL ARPT ON AN IFR FLT PLAN; I WAS HANDED OFF TO APCH CTL BY CTR. I CHKED IN WITH APCH AND WAS TOLD TO EXPECT RWY 18R. I REQUESTED RWY 18L. I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 18L. AFTER RPTING THE RWY IN SIGHT; WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 18L. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT TUL TWR; AND I CHKED IN WITH TWR AND TOLD THEM I WAS WITH THEM FOR THE VISUAL ON RWY 18L. THE TWR REPLIED 'CLRED TO LAND RWY 18L' (AS I REMEMBER IT). EVEN IF THEY READ BACK CLRED TO LAND RWY 18R; I READ BACK CLRED RWY 18L. THEY DID NOT CORRECT ME. THE ATIS AT THE TIME TOLD ME THAT THE TWR AND GND CTL WERE COMBINED ON THE TWR FREQ. I CLRED THE RWY; AND THE TWR ASKED ME IF I WAS ON GND CTL. I SAID NO. THEN THE TWR SAID 'YOU LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY; YOU WERE CLRED TO LAND RWY 18R.' THEN THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT GND AND TAXI TO PARKING. UNDER POSITIVE RADAR CTL AT AN INTL ARPT; I DON'T UNDERSTAND (EVEN IF I APCHED THE WRONG RWY) HOW THE TWR COULD HAVE LET ME GO ALL THE WAY TO THE WRONG RWY AND LAND WITHOUT REALIZING IT. IT SEEMS THAT THE TWR WAS VERY LAX IN ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE ALL THE WAY TO LNDG; IF I DID IN FACT LAND ON THE WRONGLY ASSIGNED RWY. I BELIEVE THE TWR AND APCH CTLR COORDINATED MY ORIGINAL LNDG ASSIGNED TO RWY 18R; BUT WHEN MY ASSIGNMENT WAS CHANGED BY APCH CTL THEY DID NOT PASS IT ON TO TWR. I BELIEVE I NEVER READ BACK ANY CLRNC FOR RWY 18R AFTER THE ORIGINAL CHANGE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.