Narrative:

ATC facility: jfk tower. Location: ILS runway 31R jfk. Approaching ILS runway 31R jfk at night during VMC WX, with autoplt in heading select mode, captain flying. Assigned heading 330 degrees to intercept runway 31R ILS and switched to tower. PF lined up visually with runway 31L. Tower noticed the error and cleared us to land on runway 31L. A classic mistake in VMC, not following the instruments to the correct runway. Contributing factors were, 1) the end of a long duty day, ie, fatigue, 2) controller directions to maintain high speed until the marker, 3) windshear reported, ie, distraction, and 4) strong 30 KT crosswind at 1500 ft resulting in a very shallow intercept angle.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TWR CTLR NOTES AN ACR A300 LINED UP FOR A WRONG RWY APCH TO RWY 31L AT JFK AND ISSUES A RWY CHANGE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE APCH AND LAND, RWY 31L. A NIGHT OP.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: JFK TWR. LOCATION: ILS RWY 31R JFK. APCHING ILS RWY 31R JFK AT NIGHT DURING VMC WX, WITH AUTOPLT IN HEADING SELECT MODE, CAPT FLYING. ASSIGNED HDG 330 DEGS TO INTERCEPT RWY 31R ILS AND SWITCHED TO TWR. PF LINED UP VISUALLY WITH RWY 31L. TWR NOTICED THE ERROR AND CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 31L. A CLASSIC MISTAKE IN VMC, NOT FOLLOWING THE INSTS TO THE CORRECT RWY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE, 1) THE END OF A LONG DUTY DAY, IE, FATIGUE, 2) CTLR DIRECTIONS TO MAINTAIN HIGH SPD UNTIL THE MARKER, 3) WINDSHEAR RPTED, IE, DISTR, AND 4) STRONG 30 KT XWIND AT 1500 FT RESULTING IN A VERY SHALLOW INTERCEPT ANGLE.

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.