A B737 air crew landed on runway 10R after being cleared to runway 10L. The approach was initially o...

Attributes
ACN	1237273
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 159 Flight Crew Type 9000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 123
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

We were flying flight X to ZZZ. I was the pilot monitoring. The first officer (first officer) briefed a visual approach to 10R backed up with the ILS. While descending on the ZZZ RNAV arrival we visually picked up the airport at approximately 10 miles. Shortly thereafter approach asked us if we had the airport in sight; and then cleared us for the visual approach to 10L and switched us to tower frequency. The first officer was initially heading too far to the east; but then corrected back towards a five mile final/base. As the first officer turned base; there was a small cloud bank between us and the airport that we had not previously observed. The first officer maneuvered around the clouds and then lined up on the runway on speed; and on glide path. The 10R lighting was very bright and visually over powered the 10L lighting; making 10L very hard to see. After landing and clearing the runway I realized that we had landed on 10R instead of 10L. We called the tower and they had no problem with the mistake and said 'not to worry'!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 air crew landed on Runway 10R after being cleared to Runway 10L. The approach was initially obscured by scattered clouds and when they broke out the lighting on 10R was very bright and visually overpowered the 10L lighting.

Narrative: We were flying Flight X to ZZZ. I was the Pilot Monitoring. The First Officer (FO) briefed a Visual Approach to 10R backed up with the ILS. While descending on the ZZZ RNAV Arrival we visually picked up the airport at approximately 10 miles. Shortly thereafter Approach asked us if we had the airport in sight; and then cleared us for the visual approach to 10L and switched us to Tower frequency. The FO was initially heading too far to the east; but then corrected back towards a five mile final/base. As the FO turned base; there was a small cloud bank between us and the airport that we had not previously observed. The FO maneuvered around the clouds and then lined up on the runway on speed; and on glide path. The 10R lighting was very bright and visually over powered the 10L lighting; making 10L very hard to see. After landing and clearing the runway I realized that we had landed on 10R instead of 10L. We called the Tower and they had no problem with the mistake and said 'not to worry'!

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 B737 air crew landed on runway 10R after being cleared to runway 10L. The approach was initially obscured by scattered clouds and when they broke out the lighting on 10R was very bright and visually overpowered the 10L lighting.