C500 lands at wrong airport following night visual approach.

Attributes
ACN	682008
Time
Date	200512
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fbg.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pob.tower tower : fbg.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Citation I
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	682008
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was being worked by fayetteville approach; was told pope AFB was at 12 O'clock position and 3 mi. We saw a military airport at 12 O'clock position and 3 mi; told fayetteville we had the airport in sight. They told us to call the tower. We did; and told the tower we were 2 mi; left base. Pope tower cleared us for landing and we landed. On rollout; we called pope tower again and asked about taxi instructions and were told by pope tower we landed at simmons aaf and to call simmons tower. We did and simmons tower cleared us for takeoff and through their class D airspace to pope. We took off and flew to pope; which was only a couple of mi away. It was a clear night; both airports have a military style rotating beacon (green; double white); both airports have western direction runways; etc. In the future I will put my GPS on a shorter range; versus the 40 mi range it was set on; and dial up the ILS frequency for the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C500 LANDS AT WRONG ARPT FOLLOWING NIGHT VISUAL APCH.

Narrative: I WAS BEING WORKED BY FAYETTEVILLE APCH; WAS TOLD POPE AFB WAS AT 12 O'CLOCK POS AND 3 MI. WE SAW A MIL ARPT AT 12 O'CLOCK POS AND 3 MI; TOLD FAYETTEVILLE WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT. THEY TOLD US TO CALL THE TWR. WE DID; AND TOLD THE TWR WE WERE 2 MI; L BASE. POPE TWR CLRED US FOR LNDG AND WE LANDED. ON ROLLOUT; WE CALLED POPE TWR AGAIN AND ASKED ABOUT TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND WERE TOLD BY POPE TWR WE LANDED AT SIMMONS AAF AND TO CALL SIMMONS TWR. WE DID AND SIMMONS TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF AND THROUGH THEIR CLASS D AIRSPACE TO POPE. WE TOOK OFF AND FLEW TO POPE; WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MI AWAY. IT WAS A CLR NIGHT; BOTH ARPTS HAVE A MIL STYLE ROTATING BEACON (GREEN; DOUBLE WHITE); BOTH ARPTS HAVE WESTERN DIRECTION RWYS; ETC. IN THE FUTURE I WILL PUT MY GPS ON A SHORTER RANGE; VERSUS THE 40 MI RANGE IT WAS SET ON; AND DIAL UP THE ILS FREQ FOR THE RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.