Fcm tower controller reported they instructed an aircraft lined up with the wrong runway to go aroun...

Attributes
ACN	1646404
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	FCM.Tower
State Reference	MN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Ground Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 7
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I was working local control and ground control. I had aircraft X cleared to land runway 28L and an aircraft Y taxing out to runway 36 for departure holding short of runway 28L for aircraft X to land. There was a phone call on the land line around the same time from the police department regarding searching for a missing person. The aircraft X pilot on short; short final asked if he was lined up for the correct runway. Due to our location of the tower; we cannot see. I sent aircraft X around. Had he not questioned this he would have landed on an incorrect; shorter; runway but what could have been worse was the aircraft Y taxing out crossing that runway at the same time he questioned the runway. I would have never questioned the runway he was lined up for had it not been the pilot had not said something. We need a tower in a place where we can see the runways and one that gives the controllers an opportunity to save this situation from happening. Relocate the control tower in a better place.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FCM Tower Controller reported they instructed an aircraft lined up with the wrong runway to go around when there was traffic crossing the same runway.

Narrative: I was working Local Control and Ground Control. I had Aircraft X cleared to land Runway 28L and an Aircraft Y taxing out to Runway 36 for departure holding short of Runway 28L for Aircraft X to land. There was a phone call on the land line around the same time from the police department regarding searching for a missing person. The Aircraft X pilot on short; short final asked if he was lined up for the correct runway. Due to our location of the Tower; we cannot see. I sent Aircraft X around. Had he not questioned this he would have landed on an incorrect; shorter; runway but what could have been worse was the Aircraft Y taxing out crossing that runway at the same time he questioned the runway. I would have never questioned the runway he was lined up for had it not been the pilot had not said something. We need a tower in a place where we can see the runways and one that gives the controllers an opportunity to save this situation from happening. Relocate the control tower in a better place.

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.

Fcm tower controller reported they instructed an aircraft lined up with the wrong runway to go around when there was traffic crossing the same runway.