Flight crew lines up approach on the wrong runway.

Attributes
ACN	315511
Time
Date	199509
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	315511
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

ATC kept us high and finally cleared us for visual approach to runway 35. I mistakenly flew toward runway 34. 2 RA's went off. Very high. Realized wrong runway. Went toward runway 35 and too high. So did go around, then landed runway 34.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC LINES UP APCH ON THE WRONG RWY.

Narrative: ATC KEPT US HIGH AND FINALLY CLRED US FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 35. I MISTAKENLY FLEW TOWARD RWY 34. 2 RA'S WENT OFF. VERY HIGH. REALIZED WRONG RWY. WENT TOWARD RWY 35 AND TOO HIGH. SO DID GAR, THEN LANDED RWY 34.

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.