Spi on solo cross country wrong airport landing.

Attributes
ACN	186633
Time
Date	199108
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ixd
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ojc tower : ixd tower : cle
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 14 flight time total : 28 flight time type : 28
ASRS Report	186631
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	pilot : cfi
ASRS Report	186633
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was on my last solo cross country as a student pilot. I called johnson county (executive) tower (ojc) and got clearance to land. Coming from the southeast I mistook my destination (ojc) as hillside (farther southeast) and flew by and landed at the other johnson county airport (ixd) industrial. I was told to telephone the tower when I landed. By telephone the industrial tower was very hostile and said I'd also taxied across an active runway. Ask why couldn't I tell the 3 runways (ixd) was not (ojc). I thought other 2 runways must be closed and so were not shown on the map. Even the hangars were in same relative position and diagram (on east and west). At departure time after the control tower's indignant browbeating it bothered me so that I flew a long way south to keep out of 2 more air traffic area's on my real course line. This took me way off course and took a lot longer but I finally got back on my eastbound course. Supplemental information from acn 186631: this is not the first time the similarity of the 3 tower field (ixd, ojc, and gvw) south of the kansas city metropolitan area have been misidented by students. We believe the student should have been more intent on using both the VOR (ojc) on the field and NDB on the north end for orientation purposes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SPI ON SOLO XCOUNTRY WRONG ARPT LNDG.

Narrative: I WAS ON MY LAST SOLO XCOUNTRY AS A STUDENT PLT. I CALLED JOHNSON COUNTY (EXECUTIVE) TWR (OJC) AND GOT CLRNC TO LAND. COMING FROM THE SE I MISTOOK MY DEST (OJC) AS HILLSIDE (FARTHER SE) AND FLEW BY AND LANDED AT THE OTHER JOHNSON COUNTY ARPT (IXD) INDUSTRIAL. I WAS TOLD TO TELEPHONE THE TWR WHEN I LANDED. BY TELEPHONE THE INDUSTRIAL TWR WAS VERY HOSTILE AND SAID I'D ALSO TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY. ASK WHY COULDN'T I TELL THE 3 RWYS (IXD) WAS NOT (OJC). I THOUGHT OTHER 2 RWYS MUST BE CLOSED AND SO WERE NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP. EVEN THE HANGARS WERE IN SAME RELATIVE POS AND DIAGRAM (ON E AND W). AT DEP TIME AFTER THE CTL TWR'S INDIGNANT BROWBEATING IT BOTHERED ME SO THAT I FLEW A LONG WAY S TO KEEP OUT OF 2 MORE ATA'S ON MY REAL COURSE LINE. THIS TOOK ME WAY OFF COURSE AND TOOK A LOT LONGER BUT I FINALLY GOT BACK ON MY EBOUND COURSE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 186631: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE SIMILARITY OF THE 3 TWR FIELD (IXD, OJC, AND GVW) S OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE BEEN MISIDENTED BY STUDENTS. WE BELIEVE THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INTENT ON USING BOTH THE VOR (OJC) ON THE FIELD AND NDB ON THE N END FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES.

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.