RWY INCURSION AFTER AN UNAUTH LNDG FOR A GA PVT PLT WHO FAILED TO RPT A 2 MI FINAL FOR LNDG CLRNC AT DEC; IL.

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THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF A LONG DAY IN WHICH WE HAD FLOWN THROUGH SIGNIFICANT WX AND I WAS TIRED. ATC CLRED ME FOR A STRAIGHT-IN VISUAL APCH AND TURNED ME OVER TO THE TWR. THE TWR ASKED ME TO RPT A 2 MI FINAL. AT THE TIME OF THE APCH CLRNC; I WAS ALREADY CLOSE TO THE ARPT AND ALMOST TOO HIGH TO LAND STRAIGHT-IN. HENCE; I HAD TO MAKE A VERY STEEP APCH IN VERY TURBULENT AIR WITH A STRONG XWIND. BECAUSE OF THE TXWY CONFIGN FOR THE DESIGNATED RWY; I EITHER HAD TO LAND SHORT AND TURN OFF QUICKLY OR GO TO THE END OF THE RWY AND TAXI A LONG WAY BACK. ALL OF THESE FACTORS CAUSED ME TO BECOME VERY BUSY PLANNING AND EXECUTING THE APCH. THERE WAS NO TFC IN THE VICINITY; EITHER GND OR AIR. HENCE; THE FREQ WAS QUIET AND NOTHING JOGGED MY MEMORY REGARDING THE NEED TO RPT AND GET A LNDG CLRNC. AS A RESULT; I FORGOT TO MAKE MY 2 MI RPT AND GET A CLRNC TO LAND. I INADVERTENTLY CONFUSED THE APCH CLRNC WITH A LNDG CLRNC; EVEN THOUGH I CERTAINLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. I MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG; CLRED THE RWY AND CALLED TWR FOR TAXI CLRNC. AT THAT POINT THE CTLR ASKED ME IF I HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND. I REPLIED AFFIRMATIVELY; CONFUSING THE APCH CLRNC WITH A LNDG CLRNC. I WAS REMINDED IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT I WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL A 2 MI FINAL; HAD NOT DONE SO; AND HAD NOT BEEN CLRED TO LAND. THE FACT THAT IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY AFTER SOME DIFFICULT FLYING; THE APCH TOOK CONSIDERABLE CONCENTRATION AND THERE WAS NO TFC TO JOG MY MEMORY ON NOT HAVING A LNDG CLRNC. ALL THIS COMBINED TO CAUSE A LAPSE IN MY NORMAL MENTAL LNDG CHK PROC AND RESULTED IN MY LNDG AT A CTLED FIELD WITHOUT LNDG CLRNC. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL ADD 'LNDG CLRNC' TO MY WRITTEN APCH CHKLIST IN AN EFFORT TO PRECLUDE RECURRENCE.