Reporter landed on the wrong runway.

Attributes
ACN	289501
Time
Date	199411
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 7200 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	289501
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
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:

Beginning descent from FL370 into stl, monitored both ATIS frequencys for current WX but neither frequency had the information. Carrier wave only. Received hour-old WX from center indicating basically clear, expect lda runway 12L. No NOTAMS were included. Approaching the field, a visual was achieved and clearance for a visual to runway 12L was received from tower. Using lda/DME iabw (110.1) as reference, we made landing on the left runway. Not until touchdown did either pilot realize we were on runway 13. Landing and taxi in were uneventful. Contributing factors: 1) last flight of the night, fatigue, could have been present. 2) at no time was the crew provided any information that would have led them to suspect runway 12R was closed and its lights off. Being told to expect the lda/DME runway 12L, not the ILS runway 12L, reinforced our impression runway 12R was up and being used. Printed fdc NOTAMS for nov/wed/94 were clean for missouri. Telecon with tower personnel after landing revealed they are unable to positively ascertain which runway aircraft are lined up on at night and were unaware ATIS was not functioning. Possible corrective action: redesignate runway 13/31 and runway 12L/30R to runway 12L/30R and runway 12C/30C respectively.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY.

Narrative: BEGINNING DSCNT FROM FL370 INTO STL, MONITORED BOTH ATIS FREQS FOR CURRENT WX BUT NEITHER FREQ HAD THE INFO. CARRIER WAVE ONLY. RECEIVED HR-OLD WX FROM CTR INDICATING BASICALLY CLR, EXPECT LDA RWY 12L. NO NOTAMS WERE INCLUDED. APCHING THE FIELD, A VISUAL WAS ACHIEVED AND CLRNC FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 12L WAS RECEIVED FROM TWR. USING LDA/DME IABW (110.1) AS REF, WE MADE LNDG ON THE L RWY. NOT UNTIL TOUCHDOWN DID EITHER PLT REALIZE WE WERE ON RWY 13. LNDG AND TAXI IN WERE UNEVENTFUL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) LAST FLT OF THE NIGHT, FATIGUE, COULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT. 2) AT NO TIME WAS THE CREW PROVIDED ANY INFO THAT WOULD HAVE LED THEM TO SUSPECT RWY 12R WAS CLOSED AND ITS LIGHTS OFF. BEING TOLD TO EXPECT THE LDA/DME RWY 12L, NOT THE ILS RWY 12L, REINFORCED OUR IMPRESSION RWY 12R WAS UP AND BEING USED. PRINTED FDC NOTAMS FOR NOV/WED/94 WERE CLEAN FOR MISSOURI. TELECON WITH TWR PERSONNEL AFTER LNDG REVEALED THEY ARE UNABLE TO POSITIVELY ASCERTAIN WHICH RWY ACFT ARE LINED UP ON AT NIGHT AND WERE UNAWARE ATIS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. POSSIBLE CORRECTIVE ACTION: REDESIGNATE RWY 13/31 AND RWY 12L/30R TO RWY 12L/30R AND RWY 12C/30C RESPECTIVELY.

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.