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Corporate pilot landing at a non-towered airport reported they forgot to communicate their arrival on CTAF and noticed a snowplow on the runway after landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1717967 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PUW.Airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 900 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 2000 |
Narrative:
When coming in on an instrument approach in low visibility; I forgot to announce on advisory frequency that I was landing. There was a snowplow at the other end of the runway at the time; which I didn't realize until we landed and came to a stop. We were not in danger of hitting the snowplow; but the situation seemed dangerous to me. This situation happened because this is an unusual airport that has snowy weather; commercial service; and no tower; which means CTAF is used to coordinate between machinery like snowplows and aircraft. This situation was caused by my failure to make radio calls once I was switched to advisory frequency by ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Corporate pilot landing at a non-towered airport reported they forgot to communicate their arrival on CTAF and noticed a snowplow on the runway after landing.
Narrative: When coming in on an instrument approach in low visibility; I forgot to announce on advisory frequency that I was landing. There was a snowplow at the other end of the runway at the time; which I didn't realize until we landed and came to a stop. We were not in danger of hitting the snowplow; but the situation seemed dangerous to me. This situation happened because this is an unusual airport that has snowy weather; commercial service; and no tower; which means CTAF is used to coordinate between machinery like snowplows and aircraft. This situation was caused by my failure to make radio calls once I was switched to advisory frequency by ATC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.