A pilot reported a near miss at 300 ft approaching X50 after a citabria pilot failed to communicate ...

Narrative:

During a go around noted a citabria holding short runway 36. Continued with normal upwind. After turning cross-wind observed citabria back taxing runway 36 however I did not hear a radio transmission. A mooney departed 20 minutes earlier from X50 and I communicated with him on CTAF. Abeam the numbers for runway 36 I reduced the power as normal but noticed citabria was stopped at the end of runway 36 facing north. I announced on CTAF I was abeam the numbers and continued for a normal descent. Before turning base I lost visual contact with the citabria and continued to turn base and saw him depart and appear to turn cross wind. On final I saw the citabria again but it initially appeared he was heading 360. I then realized he was flying parallel to runway 36 over the taxiway heading 180 at me. His altitude was likely not more than 500 ft. I continued to descend since he appeared to be climbing and I was at 300 ft and was on very short final. I continued to fly over runway 36 at approximately 100 ft until the fuel farm to ensure I was clear of the citabria and then executed a normal go around. On downwind I observed the citabria heading directly toward the beach below 1;000 MSL/AGL. Citabria did not communicate on CTAF at all.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot reported a near miss at 300 FT approaching X50 after a Citabria pilot failed to communicate on CTAF and was maneuvering on the runway and over the airport before departing.

Narrative: During a go around noted a Citabria holding short Runway 36. Continued with normal upwind. After turning cross-wind observed Citabria back taxing Runway 36 however I did not hear a radio transmission. A Mooney departed 20 minutes earlier from X50 and I communicated with him on CTAF. Abeam the numbers for Runway 36 I reduced the power as normal but noticed Citabria was stopped at the end of Runway 36 facing north. I announced on CTAF I was abeam the numbers and continued for a normal descent. Before turning base I lost visual contact with the Citabria and continued to turn base and saw him depart and appear to turn cross wind. On final I saw the Citabria again but it initially appeared he was heading 360. I then realized he was flying parallel to Runway 36 over the taxiway heading 180 at me. His altitude was likely not more than 500 FT. I continued to descend since he appeared to be climbing and I was at 300 FT and was on very short final. I continued to fly over Runway 36 at approximately 100 FT until the fuel farm to ensure I was clear of the Citabria and then executed a normal go around. On downwind I observed the Citabria heading directly toward the beach below 1;000 MSL/AGL. Citabria did not communicate on CTAF at all.

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.

Attributes
ACN	968944
Time
Date	201109
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	X50.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Champion Citabria Undifferentiated
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 260 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 100

A pilot reported a near miss at 300 ft approaching X50 after a citabria pilot failed to communicate on CTAF and was maneuvering on the runway and over the airport before departing.