Narrative:

We departed cvg at about XA20 local. The trip was a continuous duty with a report time of BB00, feb/xx/95. We had flown to lan that evening and arrived at about CC20. We got to the hotel at CC45 plus or minus, and left at DD45. I had about 4 1/2 - 5 hours of fitful sleep. After arriving back at cvg at about EE55 we did a quick turn, then departed for ind. On descent into ind, we came down into VFR conditions about 7 NM from the airport on a right base leg for runway 5L and were cleared for the visual approach. The first officer was flying and we ran the appropriate checklists. About the time we were turning final, another aircraft reported not receiving a localizer signal. (I didn't hear which runway.) when we were established visually on final, the first officer and I noticed that our localizer and GS signal did not agree with our sight picture. I informed tower of the discrepancy. As we were descending, the first officer seemed unsure of our proper line-up with the correct runway, but I did not realize we were actually lined up with the unfinished runway west of runway 5L. Because of scattered snow on the unfinished runway, the yellow X at the end was not apparent from our position. We continued visually until about 500 ft AGL when ind tower told us to go around due to line-up on wrong runway. We did, with a climbing 360 degree turn, followed by an uneventful landing on runway 5L. I feel the incident was partially caused by our lack of rest on the short overnight in lan, the other pilot declaring an inoperative localizer, and no mention of the new runway construction on ATIS.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LINED UP TO LAND ON WRONG RWY.

Narrative: WE DEPARTED CVG AT ABOUT XA20 LCL. THE TRIP WAS A CONTINUOUS DUTY WITH A RPT TIME OF BB00, FEB/XX/95. WE HAD FLOWN TO LAN THAT EVENING AND ARRIVED AT ABOUT CC20. WE GOT TO THE HOTEL AT CC45 PLUS OR MINUS, AND LEFT AT DD45. I HAD ABOUT 4 1/2 - 5 HRS OF FITFUL SLEEP. AFTER ARRIVING BACK AT CVG AT ABOUT EE55 WE DID A QUICK TURN, THEN DEPARTED FOR IND. ON DSCNT INTO IND, WE CAME DOWN INTO VFR CONDITIONS ABOUT 7 NM FROM THE ARPT ON A R BASE LEG FOR RWY 5L AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH. THE FO WAS FLYING AND WE RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE TURNING FINAL, ANOTHER ACFT RPTED NOT RECEIVING A LOC SIGNAL. (I DIDN'T HEAR WHICH RWY.) WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHED VISUALLY ON FINAL, THE FO AND I NOTICED THAT OUR LOC AND GS SIGNAL DID NOT AGREE WITH OUR SIGHT PICTURE. I INFORMED TWR OF THE DISCREPANCY. AS WE WERE DSNDING, THE FO SEEMED UNSURE OF OUR PROPER LINE-UP WITH THE CORRECT RWY, BUT I DID NOT REALIZE WE WERE ACTUALLY LINED UP WITH THE UNFINISHED RWY W OF RWY 5L. BECAUSE OF SCATTERED SNOW ON THE UNFINISHED RWY, THE YELLOW X AT THE END WAS NOT APPARENT FROM OUR POS. WE CONTINUED VISUALLY UNTIL ABOUT 500 FT AGL WHEN IND TWR TOLD US TO GAR DUE TO LINE-UP ON WRONG RWY. WE DID, WITH A CLBING 360 DEG TURN, FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG ON RWY 5L. I FEEL THE INCIDENT WAS PARTIALLY CAUSED BY OUR LACK OF REST ON THE SHORT OVERNIGHT IN LAN, THE OTHER PLT DECLARING AN INOP LOC, AND NO MENTION OF THE NEW RWY CONSTRUCTION ON ATIS.

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.