Reporter error admitted in heading track deviation when fixating on traffic sighted and hou airport. Flight crew distraction traffic watch. Flight crew technique navigation resulted in approach to wrong airport.

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Attributes
ACN	355980
Time
Date	199612
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iah tower : hou
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Learjet 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : missed approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	355980
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was getting vectors to ILS runway 30L at hou 300 degrees and 3000 ft. The controller asked if I had a T38 in sight and the airport. I had the T38 in sight and an airport, which I thought was hou. It seemed close in. The controller cleared us for visual approach to runway 30L, and keep the T38 in sight. So we started to dive for the runway. Going through 1500 ft the runway heading didn't agree with runway 30L so we stopped our descent and turned to a heading of 300 degrees. Then we saw hou, continued to the runway and landed. Next time I am going to fly the published approach on a visual approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR ERROR ADMITTED IN HDG TRACK DEV WHEN FIXATING ON TFC SIGHTED AND HOU ARPT. FLC DISTR TFC WATCH. FLC TECHNIQUE NAV RESULTED IN APCH TO WRONG ARPT.

Narrative: I WAS GETTING VECTORS TO ILS RWY 30L AT HOU 300 DEGS AND 3000 FT. THE CTLR ASKED IF I HAD A T38 IN SIGHT AND THE ARPT. I HAD THE T38 IN SIGHT AND AN ARPT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS HOU. IT SEEMED CLOSE IN. THE CTLR CLRED US FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30L, AND KEEP THE T38 IN SIGHT. SO WE STARTED TO DIVE FOR THE RWY. GOING THROUGH 1500 FT THE RWY HDG DIDN'T AGREE WITH RWY 30L SO WE STOPPED OUR DSCNT AND TURNED TO A HDG OF 300 DEGS. THEN WE SAW HOU, CONTINUED TO THE RWY AND LANDED. NEXT TIME I AM GOING TO FLY THE PUBLISHED APCH ON A VISUAL APCH.

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.