<< >> NASA ASRS Report 266994, March 1994

Taxiway landing.

Attributes
ACN	266994
Time
Date	199403
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dab
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 24 flight time total : 941 flight time type : 24
ASRS Report	266994
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Dab (daytona beach, fl) arsa tower cleared me for runway 7L landing, unfamiliar airport upon final approach. Construction underway on both txwys and runway and no runway letter/number marker visible made it difficult to distinguish taxiway on left from runway 7L to the right. No airplanes were present. I announced final to tower and assumed left taxiway was runway 7L. I realized my mistake on short final and in the interest of safety, did not try to correct, but landed on empty taxiway. Tower then informed of error, said they did not advise me of error in the interest of safety, i.e., sudden evasive maneuver.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY LNDG.

Narrative: DAB (DAYTONA BEACH, FL) ARSA TWR CLRED ME FOR RWY 7L LNDG, UNFAMILIAR ARPT UPON FINAL APCH. CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON BOTH TXWYS AND RWY AND NO RWY LETTER/NUMBER MARKER VISIBLE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH TXWY ON L FROM RWY 7L TO THE R. NO AIRPLANES WERE PRESENT. I ANNOUNCED FINAL TO TWR AND ASSUMED L TXWY WAS RWY 7L. I REALIZED MY MISTAKE ON SHORT FINAL AND IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, DID NOT TRY TO CORRECT, BUT LANDED ON EMPTY TXWY. TWR THEN INFORMED OF ERROR, SAID THEY DID NOT ADVISE ME OF ERROR IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, I.E., SUDDEN EVASIVE MANEUVER.

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.