An air taxi crew landed on avq runway 30 after proper CTAF arrival communications then after touchdo...

Attributes
ACN	1131249
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	AVQ.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 6250 Flight Crew Type 630
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 30

Narrative:

Runway incursion - military helicopter hovering over active runway blocking landing traffic I was the first officer; non pilot flying crewmember on a flight carrying 1 passenger to avq landing about on runway 30. After touchdown; the crew saw a hovering helicopter 3-5 feet above the ground; on the runway centerline; halfway down the runway. Evasive action by drifting right of centerline was required to avoid collision during rollout.multiple calls were made to the unicom before arriving in the pattern and in the pattern; announcing runway number and airport called. The helicopter pilot later confirmed that he heard our call for upwind leg. No response was received to any of our calls. Due to the dark color of the helicopter (olive drab) and the dark runway; the helicopter was not visible to either of us until after touchdown; when it was visible against the horizon. There was not enough time to stop before the helicopter while remaining on the runway centerline. However; there remained about 10-12 seconds of time to slowly drift to the right of centerline to pass by the helicopter using a smooth evasive maneuver.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air taxi crew landed on AVQ Runway 30 after proper CTAF arrival communications then after touchdown saw a military helicopter hovering over the runway centerline halfway down but were able to swerve around the dark aircraft.

Narrative: RUNWAY INCURSION - MILITARY HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER ACTIVE RUNWAY BLOCKING LANDING TRAFFIC I was the First Officer; non pilot flying crewmember on a flight carrying 1 passenger to AVQ landing about on Runway 30. After touchdown; the crew saw a hovering helicopter 3-5 feet above the ground; on the runway centerline; halfway down the runway. Evasive action by drifting right of centerline was required to avoid collision during rollout.Multiple calls were made to the Unicom before arriving in the pattern and in the pattern; announcing runway number and airport called. The helicopter pilot later confirmed that he heard our call for upwind leg. No response was received to any of our calls. Due to the dark color of the helicopter (Olive Drab) and the dark runway; the helicopter was not visible to either of us until after touchdown; when it was visible against the horizon. There was not enough time to stop before the helicopter while remaining on the runway centerline. However; there remained about 10-12 seconds of time to slowly drift to the right of centerline to pass by the helicopter using a smooth evasive maneuver.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An air taxi crew landed on avq runway 30 after proper CTAF arrival communications then after touchdown saw a military helicopter hovering over the runway centerline halfway down but were able to swerve around the dark aircraft.