Cessna 152
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31.5; Flight Crew Total 88.2; Flight Crew Type 12.5
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airport; Human Factors
Was given initial direction by HSV Approach to land 36L. I confirmed directions; switched to Tower as directed by Approach after making visual with 36R. I was in the process of landing on 36R when; approximately one mile out; tower called to verify that I was supposed to be landing on 36L as it appeared that I was setting up to land on 36R which was currently a closed runway. I confirmed that I was incorrectly lined up for 36R; took corrective action; flew over to 36L and landed. My error was that; when creating my cross-country flight log and airport diagram; I did not draw the parallel runway due to 18L-36R being closed. When I looked at my flight log for runway verification I did not have the parallel runway drawn and therefore did not look to differentiate 36L and 36R. Once I made visual with 36R I never looked for a parallel runway. Had I paid more attention to my Sectional; or if I had correctly drawn both the active and inactive runways; or if I had utilized an official version of the AFD; I would have known to look for the correct runway.
A newly minted Private Pilot on a cross country to HSV lined up on closed Runway 36R vice Runway 36L for landing. The Tower intervened and appropriate advisories and course adjustments prevented an incident.