Narrative:

I was in the traffic pattern at fairbanks international airport to land. I was flying a dehavilland beaver (DHC2). I was seated in the right seat with another pilot seated in the left seat. Both pilots are rated and have extensive experience in the airplane at that airport/runway. I am a CFI, however, I was not acting as a CFI at the time of this event. I was PIC and that fact was very clear to both of us at that moment. I understood the tower to say 'cleared right base to land runway 19L.' I turned from downwind to base and proceeded to fly to runway 19L. My co-pilot stopped me and said (at the last moment) 'hey, runway 19R not runway 19L.' I turned immediately and landed on runway 19R. My mistake, my fault, end of discussion on that! I accept the responsibility. Basically I am not a stubborn person and I believe in 'CRM' and I use it on government flown missions. I believe in my co-pilot. At that moment, I believed I was mistaken and I followed the co-pilot's suggestion and landed. No other planes were involved and no traffic existed at the time. Because fairbanks is in the arctic and it is late spring, we still had daylight. Contributing factors may have been light fatigue, a 4 hour flight late in the day. We had just been tracking an ELT 150 mi away. All ELT finding radios were still on, however not making any cockpit noise when we came over the ridge (3 mi from the airport), another ELT set off all the alarms distracting me. Thus contributing factors: 1) co-pilot direction. 2) distraction. 3) some fatigue. Tower caught it and we talked about it immediately. Corrective actions: I discussed it with my co-pilot and I will bring it up again at our next safety meeting. I will write down landing clrncs and read back off my written word and verify with the co-pilot and tower again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG RWY LNDG ON RWY 19R BY THE PIC, PF AS FO, WHEN OTHER PLT IN L SEAT OF DHC2 ADVISES INCORRECTLY THAT PIC SHOULD BE LINED UP WITH RWY 19R VERSUS RWY 19L AT FAI, AK.

Narrative: I WAS IN THE TFC PATTERN AT FAIRBANKS INTL ARPT TO LAND. I WAS FLYING A DEHAVILLAND BEAVER (DHC2). I WAS SEATED IN THE R SEAT WITH ANOTHER PLT SEATED IN THE L SEAT. BOTH PLTS ARE RATED AND HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE AIRPLANE AT THAT ARPT/RWY. I AM A CFI, HOWEVER, I WAS NOT ACTING AS A CFI AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. I WAS PIC AND THAT FACT WAS VERY CLR TO BOTH OF US AT THAT MOMENT. I UNDERSTOOD THE TWR TO SAY 'CLRED R BASE TO LAND RWY 19L.' I TURNED FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE AND PROCEEDED TO FLY TO RWY 19L. MY CO-PLT STOPPED ME AND SAID (AT THE LAST MOMENT) 'HEY, RWY 19R NOT RWY 19L.' I TURNED IMMEDIATELY AND LANDED ON RWY 19R. MY MISTAKE, MY FAULT, END OF DISCUSSION ON THAT! I ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY. BASICALLY I AM NOT A STUBBORN PERSON AND I BELIEVE IN 'CRM' AND I USE IT ON GOV FLOWN MISSIONS. I BELIEVE IN MY CO-PLT. AT THAT MOMENT, I BELIEVED I WAS MISTAKEN AND I FOLLOWED THE CO-PLT'S SUGGESTION AND LANDED. NO OTHER PLANES WERE INVOLVED AND NO TFC EXISTED AT THE TIME. BECAUSE FAIRBANKS IS IN THE ARCTIC AND IT IS LATE SPRING, WE STILL HAD DAYLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS MAY HAVE BEEN LIGHT FATIGUE, A 4 HR FLT LATE IN THE DAY. WE HAD JUST BEEN TRACKING AN ELT 150 MI AWAY. ALL ELT FINDING RADIOS WERE STILL ON, HOWEVER NOT MAKING ANY COCKPIT NOISE WHEN WE CAME OVER THE RIDGE (3 MI FROM THE ARPT), ANOTHER ELT SET OFF ALL THE ALARMS DISTRACTING ME. THUS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) CO-PLT DIRECTION. 2) DISTR. 3) SOME FATIGUE. TWR CAUGHT IT AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: I DISCUSSED IT WITH MY CO-PLT AND I WILL BRING IT UP AGAIN AT OUR NEXT SAFETY MEETING. I WILL WRITE DOWN LNDG CLRNCS AND READ BACK OFF MY WRITTEN WORD AND VERIFY WITH THE CO-PLT AND TWR AGAIN.

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.