Lsa pilot reported nearly striking a tractor mowing the grass on the side of the runway.

Attributes
ACN	1394289
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	1A5.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 15 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I departed runway 7 for closed traffic; touch and go practice. We noticed 2 tractors on the north side of the airport mowing. I made standard radio calls turning downwind; base and final. On short final I noted one tractor parked midfield on the north side of the runway edge. As I began the rollout from a full stall type landing; I saw the tractor just left of the runway centerline and swerved to the right; added power and flew out of his way. The next day I called the FBO to report the incident and was told that these are county workers and not trained well in being around airports. Also; they do not carry radios.this is a highly dangerous scenario. Are these workers supposed to be trained to watch for landing aircraft? I can only assume he thought when I took off I was not coming back for another landing. It was a good reminder for me how much visibility is lost in a tailwheel aircraft in a full stall landing. Never assume the runway is going to be clear.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LSA pilot reported nearly striking a tractor mowing the grass on the side of the runway.

Narrative: I departed RWY 7 for closed traffic; touch and go practice. We noticed 2 tractors on the north side of the airport mowing. I made standard radio calls turning downwind; base and final. On short final I noted one tractor parked midfield on the north side of the runway edge. As I began the rollout from a full stall type landing; I saw the tractor just left of the runway centerline and swerved to the right; added power and flew out of his way. The next day I called the FBO to report the incident and was told that these are county workers and not trained well in being around airports. Also; they do not carry radios.This is a highly dangerous scenario. Are these workers supposed to be trained to watch for landing aircraft? I can only assume he thought when I took off I was not coming back for another landing. It was a good reminder for me how much visibility is lost in a tailwheel aircraft in a full stall landing. Never assume the runway is going to be clear.

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