Flight crew of SF340 makes approach to wrong airport in tol area.

Attributes
ACN	426490
Time
Date	199901
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : vwv
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1800 msl bound upper : 1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	426490
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	426495
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On a vector for visual approach runway 7 to toledo, both the first officer and myself thought we had toledo airport in sight and called the field in sight. Once we lined up for the runway, we noticed that the localizer was not working and started to realize we were not lined up with toledo airport. At that time I started to doublechk the localizer frequency and toledo tower advised we were not lined up with toledo airport and gave us a heading and altitude to fly for toledo. After we got back on the right track, tower advised this was not the first time this happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF SF340 MAKES APCH TO WRONG ARPT IN TOL AREA.

Narrative: ON A VECTOR FOR VISUAL APCH RWY 7 TO TOLEDO, BOTH THE FO AND MYSELF THOUGHT WE HAD TOLEDO ARPT IN SIGHT AND CALLED THE FIELD IN SIGHT. ONCE WE LINED UP FOR THE RWY, WE NOTICED THAT THE LOC WAS NOT WORKING AND STARTED TO REALIZE WE WERE NOT LINED UP WITH TOLEDO ARPT. AT THAT TIME I STARTED TO DOUBLECHK THE LOC FREQ AND TOLEDO TWR ADVISED WE WERE NOT LINED UP WITH TOLEDO ARPT AND GAVE US A HDG AND ALT TO FLY FOR TOLEDO. AFTER WE GOT BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK, TWR ADVISED THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED.

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.