C172 pilots land at wrong airport.

Attributes
ACN	554496
Time
Date	200207
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 3g3.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0 msl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 96 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	554496
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 300 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	554497
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : 4
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

My flight instructor and I were making a flight to 15G. 3g3 is another airport located 5 mi to the southeast. We saw this airport and thought it was 15G. We landed at 3g3 thinking it was 15G. Before our approach we got an airport advisory from 15G saying the active was runway 20. We saw runway 21 at 3g3 and proceeded inbound making all radio calls and clearing the area for traffic. After landing we realized where we were and got an airport advisory. The man on unicom told us that an aircraft had to divert after takeoff from runway 2, due to us landing on runway 21. We then took off from 3g3 on runway 2 and went to 15G and then to our base.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 PLTS LAND AT WRONG ARPT.

Narrative: MY FLT INSTRUCTOR AND I WERE MAKING A FLT TO 15G. 3G3 IS ANOTHER ARPT LOCATED 5 MI TO THE SE. WE SAW THIS ARPT AND THOUGHT IT WAS 15G. WE LANDED AT 3G3 THINKING IT WAS 15G. BEFORE OUR APCH WE GOT AN ARPT ADVISORY FROM 15G SAYING THE ACTIVE WAS RWY 20. WE SAW RWY 21 AT 3G3 AND PROCEEDED INBOUND MAKING ALL RADIO CALLS AND CLRING THE AREA FOR TFC. AFTER LNDG WE REALIZED WHERE WE WERE AND GOT AN ARPT ADVISORY. THE MAN ON UNICOM TOLD US THAT AN ACFT HAD TO DIVERT AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 2, DUE TO US LNDG ON RWY 21. WE THEN TOOK OFF FROM 3G3 ON RWY 2 AND WENT TO 15G AND THEN TO OUR BASE.

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.