FOLLOWING STEEP APCH; PLT OF PA28 LANDS ON RWY 4R VICE RWY 4L AS CLRED AT HNL. BELIEVES ATCT LCL CTLR TO BLAME FOR DIRECTING APCH BE INITIATED TOO HIGH AND TOO CLOSE.

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WAS ARRIVING TO HNL ARPT; CLRED THE PUBLISHED FREEWAY ARR. I WAS TOLD TO EXPECT RWY 4L AND MAINTAIN 2000 FT. THAT IS STANDARD IN THIS ARR TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN 2000 FT UNTIL SOMEWHERE ON THE DOWNWIND. THIS IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR PATTERN ALT AND MOST LCL PLTS HATE IT. SHOCK COOLING FOR YOUR ENGS AND WITHOUT A STRONG HEADWIND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE FULL FLAPS AND A SLIP TO LAND. I PASSED THE TWR AND CONTINUED DOWNWIND ALMOST TO THE NUMBERS BEFORE BEING CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 4L. I HEARD AND CONFIRMED RWY 4L. I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CALL TWR WHEN I WAS CLRED TO LAND. I WENT INTO AN IMMEDIATE DSCNT (PULLED PWR TO ZERO) AND WAS ASKED TO TURN BASE AT THE GOLF COURSE. BEFORE REACHING THE GOLF COURSE; I WAS ASKED TO BEGIN MY BASE TURN. I ALSO WAS NOTIFIED OF TFC; A HVY OUT OVER THE OCEAN ON BASE FOR ANOTHER RWY. NOT SURE WHY I WASN'T ANY FACTOR; THIS ALSO DISTR ME. I THEN WENT INTO A FULL DEFLECTION (RUDDER) SLIP; SIDEWAYS TRYING TO MAKE IT DOWN. I WAS VERY DISTR ABOUT MY HIGH ALT; TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH OR CONTINUE TO LAND. I VERBALLY SAID TO MY PAX; 'DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE IT -- WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO A GAR.' AT THAT POINT I WOULD SAY I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE ALTIMETER AND LNDG I LOST TRACK OF THE 2 RWYS; WHICH ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE. I OBSERVED TFC HOLDING (A TWIN) AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RWY IN ITS APPROPRIATE HOLDING SPOT. AT NO TIME DID I SEE DANGER OR REALIZE IT WAS THE WRONG RWY. I LANDED FURTHER DOWN THE RWY; TAXIED TO THE NEXT EXIT. BEFORE BEGINNING TO TURN OFF; I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MISTAKE. I CERTAINLY BLAME MYSELF FOR THE MISTAKE; HOWEVER; I FEEL THE 'FREEWAY ARR' INTO HNL IS VERY TRICKY AND WHEN THEY HOLD YOU TO 2000 FT UNTIL THE NUMBERS ON YOUR DOWNWIND; NOTHING CAN GO WRONG. THEY CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T TELL YOU TO TURN BASE BEFORE YOU CAN LOSE SOME ALT. SOME CTLRS ALLOW YOU TO DSND BEFORE THE TWR. THIS ONE WAS THE OPPOSITE; OR HE FORGOT ABOUT ME!