2006-12 · NASA ASRS report 720226
FOLLOWING A CIRCLING APCH FROM THE ILS RWY 13C BE35 PLT LANDS ON RWY 22L VICE RWY 22R AS CLRED BY MDW TWR.
ATIS AT MDW STATED ILS TO RWY 13C WITH CIRCLE TO LAND RWY 22L WAS THE APCH BEING USED. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE S 17 KTS. APCH CTL STATED ACFT WERE BREAKING OUT AT 2100 FT TO CIRCLE. ASKED WHERE I WAS PARKING ON THE FIELD; I STATED ATLANTIC AVIATION; WHICH IS AN EASY L TURN OFF OF RWY 22L. I BROKE OUT AT 2000 FT AND WAS ASKED IF I HAD TFC IN SIGHT TO WHICH I RESPONDED YES AND WAS CLRED TO LAND #2. I LANDED ON RWY 22L AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN WAS TOLD BY THE TWR I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 22R NOT RWY 22L. I FELT TERRIBLE AND CALLED THE TWR. THE MGR SAID THE TWR SAW ME ROLL OUT FROM BASE LEG TO RWY 22L FINAL AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE IT DID NOT DISRUPT THEIR FLOW. HE SAID I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 22R. I THINK THE ISSUE HERE WAS THAT I HAD RWY 22L BURNED INTO MY MIND BECAUSE OF ATIS; ASKING ME WHERE I WAS PARKING (RWY 22L IS CLOSEST TO ATLANTIC AVIATION); THE CLRNC TO LAND #2 BEHIND THE BOEING. ALSO; WAS I READING BACK CLRED TO LAND RWY 22R? OR RWY 22L AND NOT CORRECTED BY THE CTLR? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAD IT SOLIDLY IN MY MIND I WAS LNDG RWY 22L.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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