A pilot and the lit tower manager involved describe a landing at ork runway 17 while attempting to l...

Attributes
ACN	1144322
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LIT.TRACON
State Reference	AR
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Supervisor / CIC
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 525 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

I was the flm for the shift; but was on break when aircraft X was cleared for a visual approach to runway 18 at lit and was told to follow traffic. The aircraft X pilot had the traffic in sight and replied that he would follow the traffic. He then descended and landed runway 17 at ork which is located 6 miles north of lit and has a very similar runway configuration. The controller in charge came and got me off of break and I entered the TRACON when the pilot cancelled IFR with lit tower and then departed ork; VFR and landed lit without incident. I advised the local controller to have him call the tower after he landed; but told the local controller that he did not need to give him the brasher warning. When the aircraft X pilot called the TRACON I spoke with him and asked him what happened. He advised that when he turned behind the traffic to follow he was lined up perfectly for runway 17 at ork and got focused on the runway and just landed there. I told him that I was glad that he was safe and got his name and phone number and made a mor entry on the log.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot and the LIT Tower Manager involved describe a landing at ORK Runway 17 while attempting to land at LIT on Runway 18.

Narrative: I was the FLM for the shift; but was on break when Aircraft X was cleared for a visual approach to Runway 18 at LIT and was told to follow traffic. The Aircraft X pilot had the traffic in sight and replied that he would follow the traffic. He then descended and landed Runway 17 at ORK which is located 6 miles north of LIT and has a very similar runway configuration. The CIC came and got me off of break and I entered the TRACON when the pilot cancelled IFR with LIT Tower and then departed ORK; VFR and landed LIT without incident. I advised the Local Controller to have him call the Tower after he landed; but told the Local Controller that he did not need to give him the Brasher warning. When the Aircraft X pilot called the TRACON I spoke with him and asked him what happened. He advised that when he turned behind the traffic to follow he was lined up perfectly for Runway 17 at ORK and got focused on the runway and just landed there. I told him that I was glad that he was safe and got his name and phone number and made a MOR entry on the log.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A pilot and the lit tower manager involved describe a landing at ork runway 17 while attempting to land at lit on runway 18.