After being cleared to land; the pilot of a BE24R was informed by the tower controller that he had l...

Narrative:

Flying VFR from the west into chd (chandler; az). Phoenix approach handed me off to chandler tower; who advised me; as I copied; that I would be #2 to land on runway 22R following another aircraft. If I remember correctly it was 'you're number two behind a cessna on final...' approaching the airport from the west (chd has two parallel runways - 22L and 22R); 22R made sense to me. I identified the traffic ahead and followed it; landing on 22R after the cessna was off the runway and tower had cleared me to land. It was a normal landing; until on roll-out tower advised me that I had landed on the wrong runway - if I remember correctly the controller said I had been cleared to land on runway 22L; not 22R. In any case; that would have put me on a different runway than the plane I had been instructed to follow. And remember; I was approaching from the west; so [runway] 22R was logical and the assignment I thought I got. (Also I don't believe there was anyone else in the air traffic area at the time.)as I was taxiing off the runway I keyed the mike and apologized - saying this was my first time at the airport. The tower controller didn't respond; I switched to ground and got clearance to taxi to my destination. But in thinking about it later; I decided to file this report to make a suggestion that might make this particular situation absolutely clear. If indeed I landed on the wrong runway; it was because I was told to follow the aircraft ahead and I'd be number 2 to land. In my 40 years of flying I have never been told to follow another aircraft ahead in the pattern if that aircraft was landing on a different runway than I had been be cleared for. So the suggestion: at an airport with parallel runways; if the tower doesn't want the #2 plane to land on the same runway as the plane he's told to follow; it would be helpful to advise the #2 aircraft that it will not be the same runway that the plane he is following is landing on. As for me; in a parallel runway situation when told to follow an aircraft ahead; I will double-double-check my runway assignment on short final. Between tower clarification and my double-check maybe there won't be any misunderstanding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After being cleared to land; the pilot of a BE24R was informed by the Tower Controller that he had landed on the wrong runway. The reporter understood he was #2 and was to follow a Cessna on final; and did just that; landing on the same runway after the Cessna had cleared.

Narrative: Flying VFR from the west into CHD (Chandler; AZ). Phoenix Approach handed me off to Chandler Tower; who advised me; as I copied; that I would be #2 to land on Runway 22R following another aircraft. If I remember correctly it was 'You're number two behind a Cessna on final...' Approaching the airport from the west (CHD has two parallel runways - 22L and 22R); 22R made sense to me. I identified the traffic ahead and followed it; landing on 22R after the Cessna was off the runway and Tower had cleared me to land. It was a normal landing; until on roll-out Tower advised me that I had landed on the wrong runway - if I remember correctly the Controller said I had been cleared to land on Runway 22L; not 22R. In any case; that would have put me on a different runway than the plane I had been instructed to follow. And remember; I was approaching from the west; so [Runway] 22R was logical and the assignment I thought I got. (Also I don't believe there was anyone else in the ATA at the time.)As I was taxiing off the runway I keyed the mike and apologized - saying this was my first time at the airport. The Tower Controller didn't respond; I switched to Ground and got clearance to taxi to my destination. But in thinking about it later; I decided to file this report to make a suggestion that might make this particular situation absolutely clear. If indeed I landed on the wrong runway; it was because I was told to follow the aircraft ahead and I'd be number 2 to land. In my 40 years of flying I have never been told to follow another aircraft ahead in the pattern if that aircraft was landing on a DIFFERENT runway than I had been be cleared for. So the suggestion: at an airport with parallel runways; if the Tower doesn't want the #2 plane to land on the same runway as the plane he's told to follow; it would be helpful to advise the #2 aircraft that it will NOT be the same runway that the plane he is following is landing on. As for me; in a parallel runway situation when told to follow an aircraft ahead; I will double-double-check my runway assignment on short final. Between Tower clarification and my double-check maybe there won't be any misunderstanding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1083346
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CHD.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Sierra 24
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 2900 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Ground Incursion Runway

After being cleared to land; the pilot of a BE24R was informed by the tower controller that he had landed on the wrong runway. The reporter understood he was #2 and was to follow a cessna on final; and did just that; landing on the same runway after the cessna had cleared.