A fatigued B737 crew line up on the incorrect runway for landing. ATC notified them of the error.

Attributes
ACN	840425
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 1900
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Outside of lanse; the marker for 9R; tower cleared us for the visual to 9R. On glidepath; dog leg was bringing in towards 9L. Mistakenly lining up with 9L; tower notified us at approximately 1000 feet AGL to line up with 9R; the runway we were cleared to land on; side step to 9R was made uneventfully. Crew was on duty for 13 plus hours and captain was on day 9 out of 10 days working.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A fatigued B737 crew line up on the incorrect runway for landing. ATC notified them of the error.

Narrative: Outside of LANSE; the marker for 9R; tower cleared us for the visual to 9R. On glidepath; dog leg was bringing in towards 9L. Mistakenly lining up with 9L; tower notified us at approximately 1000 feet AGL to line up with 9R; the runway we were cleared to land on; side step to 9R was made uneventfully. Crew was on duty for 13 plus hours and Captain was on day 9 out of 10 days working.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.