Near midair collision between an sel small aircraft on final and a piper seneca on the runway. The reporter made a go around and reentered the uncontrolled traffic pattern.

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Attributes
ACN	338605
Time
Date	199606
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ldj
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach other
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-34-200 Seneca I
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 900 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	338605
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 400
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Unable to contact unicom. Entered on left base to runway 9. Upon turning final saw a seneca on the runway. Executed a go around. Reentered downwind and landed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the airport at which this incident occurred was linden, nj. It is an uncontrolled airport and has a relatively low traffic pattern wherein it is hard to see the traffic on the runway until turning on final.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN AN SEL SMA ON FINAL AND A PIPER SENECA ON THE RWY. THE RPTR MADE A GAR AND REENTERED THE UNCTLED TFC PATTERN.

Narrative: UNABLE TO CONTACT UNICOM. ENTERED ON L BASE TO RWY 9. UPON TURNING FINAL SAW A SENECA ON THE RWY. EXECUTED A GAR. REENTERED DOWNWIND AND LANDED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ARPT AT WHICH THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WAS LINDEN, NJ. IT IS AN UNCTLED ARPT AND HAS A RELATIVELY LOW TFC PATTERN WHEREIN IT IS HARD TO SEE THE TFC ON THE RWY UNTIL TURNING ON FINAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.