Narrative:

I was on a VFR flight from chicago, il to louisville, ky when I called approach control and was advised to expect to land on runway 29. I was handed over to the tower and told to land on runway 1 and the controller further advised I had 6000' of runway and to hold short of runway 29. It was at this time that my passenger became airsick and told me she needed to vomit. There were no airsick bags in the cockpit and the only available item was my flight bag. She began vomiting into my flight bag. With the haze it was somewhat difficult to pick up the runways and my attention was distracted to my passenger. I continued my descent and approached and saw runway 11. My first thought was that I was wrong and that was a funny way to paint runway 1. I felt that if I was wrong the tower would advise and since they hadn't, I must be ok. I continued my approach and just prior to flare-out on T/D I observed a twin engine small aircraft coming in for a landing on runway 29. The tower alertly informed the other plane to go around and asked what runway I had been told to land on. I responded runway 1 and was informed that I was on runway 11 and to clear at the next intersection. I taxied to xyz aviation and called the tower. The controller in the tower informed me that we had had a near miss, which I certainly observed, and further he would be filing a complaint with the FAA. I gave the controller all of the information he requested and went to my lecture. The error in this incident rests solely with me. The instructions from the tower were clear and I acknowledged that I received them. I did become somewhat confused upon seeing '11' on the runway and assumed it was runway 1. I was further in error to assume that the tower had me on radar and would direct me to the correct descent runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG RWY APCH AND LNDG RESULTS IN A POTENTIAL CONFLICT LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION.

Narrative: I WAS ON A VFR FLT FROM CHICAGO, IL TO LOUISVILLE, KY WHEN I CALLED APCH CTL AND WAS ADVISED TO EXPECT TO LAND ON RWY 29. I WAS HANDED OVER TO THE TWR AND TOLD TO LAND ON RWY 1 AND THE CTLR FURTHER ADVISED I HAD 6000' OF RWY AND TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 29. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT MY PAX BECAME AIRSICK AND TOLD ME SHE NEEDED TO VOMIT. THERE WERE NO AIRSICK BAGS IN THE COCKPIT AND THE ONLY AVAILABLE ITEM WAS MY FLT BAG. SHE BEGAN VOMITING INTO MY FLT BAG. WITH THE HAZE IT WAS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO PICK UP THE RWYS AND MY ATTN WAS DISTRACTED TO MY PAX. I CONTINUED MY DSNT AND APCHED AND SAW RWY 11. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT I WAS WRONG AND THAT WAS A FUNNY WAY TO PAINT RWY 1. I FELT THAT IF I WAS WRONG THE TWR WOULD ADVISE AND SINCE THEY HADN'T, I MUST BE OK. I CONTINUED MY APCH AND JUST PRIOR TO FLARE-OUT ON T/D I OBSERVED A TWIN ENG SMA COMING IN FOR A LNDG ON RWY 29. THE TWR ALERTLY INFORMED THE OTHER PLANE TO GO AROUND AND ASKED WHAT RWY I HAD BEEN TOLD TO LAND ON. I RESPONDED RWY 1 AND WAS INFORMED THAT I WAS ON RWY 11 AND TO CLR AT THE NEXT INTXN. I TAXIED TO XYZ AVIATION AND CALLED THE TWR. THE CTLR IN THE TWR INFORMED ME THAT WE HAD HAD A NEAR MISS, WHICH I CERTAINLY OBSERVED, AND FURTHER HE WOULD BE FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE FAA. I GAVE THE CTLR ALL OF THE INFO HE REQUESTED AND WENT TO MY LECTURE. THE ERROR IN THIS INCIDENT RESTS SOLELY WITH ME. THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TWR WERE CLR AND I ACKNOWLEDGED THAT I RECEIVED THEM. I DID BECOME SOMEWHAT CONFUSED UPON SEEING '11' ON THE RWY AND ASSUMED IT WAS RWY 1. I WAS FURTHER IN ERROR TO ASSUME THAT THE TWR HAD ME ON RADAR AND WOULD DIRECT ME TO THE CORRECT DSNT RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.