2002-02 · NASA ASRS report 539725
EMB145 FO APCHED AND LANDED ON THE WRONG PARALLEL RWY AFTER TWR CTLR KEPT THEM HIGH AND OVERSHOT FINAL FOR THE RWY TO WHICH THEY HAD BEEN CLRED.
I LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY IN CMH. I WAS SUPPOSED TO LAND RWY 28L; INSTEAD I LANDED ON RWY 28R. WE DIDN'T REALIZE MY MISTAKE UNTIL TURNING OFF THE RWY (THINGS WERE OUT OF PLACE?). HOW THE PROB AROSE: A LITTLE FATIGUE; COMPLACENCY; AND WHEN TURNED ON FINAL (WITH A LARGE OVERSHOOT) I SAW WHAT I WANTED TO SEE AND LANDED ON IT. THE CTLR WAS FAIRLY BUSY WORKING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FREQS (GND; TWR; APCH/DEP). AS A RESULT HE WAS LATE TO LET US DOWN AND THEN OVERSHOT US TO THE FINAL APCH COURSE. I THEN MADE A 'BIG MISTAKE' IN NOT ALERTLY XING AND VERIFYING THE VISUAL CUES AS WELL AS WHY THE VASI'S WERE SHOWING ME LOW WHEN I WAS INDICATING ON THE SLOPE WITH THE RWY 28L ILS (RWYS ARE SLIGHTLY OFFSET AND I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS UNTIL ABOUT 500 FT AND WHILE THINKING IT UNUSUAL; SET IT ASIDE AND CONCENTRATED ON MAKING A GOOD APCH AND LNDG). THE CAPT SAID HE HAD NOTICED ME HEADED FOR THE RIGHT RWY BUT THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS HE HAD MISSED A CALL AND DIDN'T MAKE TIME TO CLARIFY THE POSSIBILITY. IN CONCLUSION; A SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD NIGHT VISUAL; THAT CAUGHT ME COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT ALL WAS OK. WHAT A RUDE AWAKENING!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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