Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 8
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Runway
General None Reported / Taken
Working a slow but steady local session with Supervisor working GC/CD combined. Very low staffing due to COVID. Steady traffic all day; I wouldn't call it too busy though. Very last transmission of my shift was to Aircraft X.Aircraft X called on about a 7 mile final (new pilot). I cleared it to land on Runway XX right and then started my position relief briefing within seconds of my transmission.Finished the brief and my 2 minute overlap; said bye to my fellow coworkers and left. Aircraft X was probably on a 2 mile final by then.I was paged at the bottom of elevator and Supervisor asked 'Did you give Aircraft X Runway XX right or Runway XX left'? I told him I didn't remember.Turned out aircraft landed on Runway XX left instead of Runway XX right. No separation issues luckily.All they said was 'cleared to land' I didn't even realize it at the time.I was distracted; ready for the briefing to be done after a long; busy day with a skeleton crew.Expectation bias all the way; I just assumed they said XX right in their transmission.All controllers tend to get complacent in this job when everything goes right for some time; I need to stay vigilant and listen to every transmission. If I would've just listened to that pilot's readback instead of thinking about getting off position and being done for the day; I would've noticed it and I would've got verification that she was cleared to land on runway XX right and all would've been good.
Tower Controller reported communication issues with an aircraft resulted in a wrong runway landing.