PA28 PLT LANDS WITHOUT A CLRNC.

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I WAS THE PIC OF A PIPER CHEROKEE. ENRTE ON A VFR FLT PLAN FROM BTF; UT; TO DRIGGS; ID; I WAS ENRTE AT 9500 FT MSL ON THE 024 DEG RADIAL OF MLD WHEN I ENCOUNTERED HVY TURB WITH STRONG MOUNTAIN WINDS. I THEN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SAFER TO DIVERT AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ARPT TO LAND AT. I HAD FLOWN INTO POCATELLO A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE BUT HAD NEVER BEEN TO IDAHO FALLS. SINCE I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA; I DECIDED TO LAND AT AN ARPT THAT I HAD BEEN BEFORE. I FOUND BLACKFOOT ARPT ON MY VFR CHART AND MADE 90 DEG L TURN OFF THE AIRWAY TO A HDG THAT WOULD TAKE ME TO I-15 WHICH I COULD FOLLOW S TO BLACKFOOT. ONCE I ARRIVED AT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BLACKFOOT; I ATTEMPTED TO LAND BUT THE GUSTY WINDS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DO SO. I THEN DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST WHERE I COULD LAND AT A LARGER ARPT WITH MORE SPACE AND RWY LENGTHS. I CONTINUED SWBOUND TO WHERE I THOUGHT WAS POCATELLO ARPT. THE LAST TIME I HAD BEEN TO POCATELLO WAS WHEN I WAS A STUDENT PLT ON A SOLO FLT; AND ONCE WHEN I WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN WITH MY INST FLT INSTRUCTOR. THE MISTAKE THAT I MADE WAS THAT I ASSUMED THAT I WAS AT POCATELLO ARPT BUT ACTUALLY; I WAS APCHING IDAHO FALLS ARPT. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH THE CTL TWR OF POCATELLO TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND SO THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO CHK THE WX AND SEE IF THE WINDS WOULD CALM. I COULD NOT GET A SIGNAL BECAUSE I WAS APCHING THE IDAHO FALLS ARPT AND DIDN'T KNOW THIS AT THE TIME. I CONTINUED TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT ATTEMPTS WITH TWR ON 119.1 AND ALSO 122.95 USING BOTH COM #1 AND COM #2 ON MY RADIO. ONCE I WAS ABOUT 5 MI FROM THE ARPT; I RECEIVED A XMISSION FROM THE POCATELLO ARPT. THIS XMISSION WAS BROKEN UP AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND. I ASSUMED THIS WAS CONSIDERED RADIO CONTACT WITH THE TWR AND CONTINUED INBOUND FOR RWY 21. AS I GOT CLOSER; ABOUT 3 MI FROM THE NUMBERS; I RPTED A 3 MI FINAL AS REQUESTED BY THE POCATELLO TWR ON THE BROKEN XMISSION. I DID NOT HEAR A RESPONSE AND FIGURED THAT I COULD NOT HEAR THEM AT THIS POINT; THEN I MUST HAVE HAD A COMS FAILURE. I NOTICED A CITATION WHEN I WAS 2 MI FROM THE RWY. HE WAS ON DOWNWIND AND GETTING READY TO TURN BASE. NOT SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND NOT CLR IF I HAD LNDG CLRNC; I WENT MISSED AND MADE A L TURN TO REMAIN IN PATTERN. AT THIS TIME I TURNED A 360 DEG CLRING TURN AND FOUND NO TFC IN SIGHT. ONCE I KNEW THERE WAS NO OTHER ACFT IN THE CLASS D AIRSPACE; I CONTINUED TO WAIT FOR SOME TYPE OF LIGHT GUN SIGNAL OR A RADIO XMISSION. AFTER I DID NOT HEAR OR SEE ANYTHING; I PROCEEDED TO LAND. ONCE I SAFELY LANDED AND CLRED THE ACTIVE RWY; I TAXIED TO THE RAMP. AN ARPT OFFICER WAS WAITING FOR ME AT THE RAMP. HE INFORMED ME THAT I HAD JUST LANDED AT A CTLED ARPT WITHOUT A CLRNC. AT THIS TIME; I REALIZED I HAD BEEN TALKING TO THE WRONG TWR THE WHOLE TIME. AFTER THIS; I MET WITH THE TWR MGR AND GAVE HER MY INFO.