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Bellanca viking pilot reported a ground conflict during landing with opposite traffic at a non-towered airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1562354 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201807 |
| 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 | Viking/Turbo-Viking 17-30/31 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air/Ground Communication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 1600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I approached ZZZ from the southwest; called on unicom about 8 miles out and asked if there was any traffic in the pattern and received no response. As I came closer; I called again; no response. The frequency was quiet. I came abreast of the airport to look at the windsock and determined the wind was very light and almost a direct crosswind. Since I was already on downwind for 26; I decided to land on 26. There is an upslope on 26 and I prefer to land my viking on 26 to limit my use of brakes when possible. I called my location to '26 ZZZ muni' and continued down final; touching down; I saw a high winged cessna flaring to land in the opposite direction. I braked hard and steered to the far right side of the runway and noticed the cessna had landed on his right side; so there was no danger of a collision at this point as the runway is quite wide at ZZZ. I called the aircraft on the runway and told him I would hug the right side and he answered that he had 'made all the right calls on 122.8.' I said I had not heard him and that I had made several calls myself. He called the FBO for a radio check and I told him I could now hear him loud and clear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Bellanca Viking pilot reported a ground conflict during landing with opposite traffic at a non-towered airport.
Narrative: I approached ZZZ from the SW; called on Unicom about 8 miles out and asked if there was any traffic in the pattern and received no response. As I came closer; I called again; no response. The frequency was quiet. I came abreast of the airport to look at the windsock and determined the wind was very light and almost a direct crosswind. Since I was already on downwind for 26; I decided to land on 26. There is an upslope on 26 and I prefer to land my Viking on 26 to limit my use of brakes when possible. I called my location to '26 ZZZ Muni' and continued down final; touching down; I saw a high winged Cessna flaring to land in the opposite direction. I braked hard and steered to the far right side of the runway and noticed the Cessna had landed on his right side; so there was no danger of a collision at this point as the runway is quite wide at ZZZ. I called the aircraft on the runway and told him I would hug the right side and he answered that he had 'made all the right calls on 122.8.' I said I had not heard him and that I had made several calls myself. He called the FBO for a radio check and I told him I could now hear him loud and clear.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.