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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 841305 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 J (201) / Allegro |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 6270 Flight Crew Type 1600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 |
Narrative:
Arrived at the destination airport in perfect VFR conditions. AWOS reported wind calm; 10 SM visibility; skies clear. There were numerous aircraft on the CTAF announcing their distance from the airport and it appeared that my partner (flying) and I were number one for the airport. Arriving from the south; we announced and entered a left downwind for runway 22. We observed no traffic ahead of us or anyone announcing a position ahead of us. I called left base and final for runway 22 on CTAF. We were hearing numerous other aircraft announcing their arrival. We landed normally on the runway; which has several slight elevation changes along its length. Upon cresting the first elevation change; I observed another aircraft heading toward us. I took control of the aircraft and steered to the left side of the runway; as it appeared that the other aircraft was also heading to the left edge in the opposite direction. At that time I thought that the other mooney was back-taxiing on the runway rather than on the taxiway. We passed each other in opposite directions without incident. I later encountered the other pilot and learned that he had actually landed on runway 4. I told him (amicably) that I had not heard any transmission from him on CTAF. He said that he had been cleared for a visual approach to runway 4 by washington center and stated he had heard no transmissions on CTAF. I believe that he hadn't changed from air traffic center control to CTAF. One cannot be too vigilant at any airport; especially when there is no operating control tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two Mooney's have a critical encounter on the runway after landing opposite directions at a non-towered airport.
Narrative: Arrived at the destination airport in perfect VFR conditions. AWOS reported wind calm; 10 SM Visibility; skies clear. There were numerous aircraft on the CTAF announcing their distance from the airport and it appeared that my partner (flying) and I were number one for the airport. Arriving from the South; we announced and entered a left downwind for Runway 22. We observed no traffic ahead of us or anyone announcing a position ahead of us. I called left base and final for Runway 22 on CTAF. We were hearing numerous other aircraft announcing their arrival. We landed normally on the runway; which has several slight elevation changes along its length. Upon cresting the first elevation change; I observed another aircraft heading toward us. I took control of the aircraft and steered to the left side of the runway; as it appeared that the other aircraft was also heading to the left edge in the opposite direction. At that time I thought that the other Mooney was back-taxiing on the runway rather than on the taxiway. We passed each other in opposite directions without incident. I later encountered the other pilot and learned that he had actually landed on Runway 4. I told him (amicably) that I had not heard any transmission from him on CTAF. He said that he had been cleared for a visual approach to Runway 4 by Washington Center and stated he had heard no transmissions on CTAF. I believe that he hadn't changed from Air Traffic Center Control to CTAF. One cannot be too vigilant at any airport; especially when there is no operating control tower.
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.