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Attributes | |
ACN | 1564493 |
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 | PA-25 Pawnee |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 137 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
Flight Phase | Takeoff |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 60 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Runway |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
At ZZZ I encountered a runway incursion with another aircraft; a PA-28. I am an agricultural pilot; had just completed a mission; and was returning to ZZZ. My aircraft has no radio; therefore I do most of my traffic spotting visually with no radio for aid. I entered the traffic pattern at a 45 to downwind entry for runway 07; the active runway that was being used all morning. I had been flying since [early morning]; and had made multiple landings that morning. I saw no traffic except for the PA28 taxiing for departure on the opposing runway 25. I completed a standard traffic pattern; and landed on runway 07. As I began applying brakes on my rollout; I saw aircraft Y begin a departure roll. I quickly began to depart the runway towards the grass to avoid the oncoming traffic. The grass was my first option; as there were no close taxiways to turn onto. I stopped my turn before departing the runway; as I noticed the PA28 aborted its takeoff roll. The PA28 departed the runway at the next taxiway; and I followed behind at a distance. When I touched down for landing; the aircraft was nowhere near runway 25. The aircraft then taxied down to runway 07 and departed the airport and traffic pattern. I had the right of way in this situation; and although I did not have any radios; I had a very clear understanding of the situation at hand. I believe the other aircraft could have been too reliant on radios to aid in traffic avoidance; and did not see me; or could have been distracted by some other means. The runway incursion did not result in any harm to either aircraft as far as I am aware.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Agricultural pilot reported a ground conflict while landing as opposite direction traffic rejected take off.
Narrative: At ZZZ I encountered a runway incursion with another aircraft; a PA-28. I am an agricultural pilot; had just completed a mission; and was returning to ZZZ. My aircraft has no radio; therefore I do most of my traffic spotting visually with no radio for aid. I entered the traffic pattern at a 45 to downwind entry for Runway 07; the active runway that was being used all morning. I had been flying since [early morning]; and had made multiple landings that morning. I saw no traffic except for the PA28 taxiing for departure on the opposing Runway 25. I completed a standard traffic pattern; and landed on Runway 07. As I began applying brakes on my rollout; I saw Aircraft Y begin a departure roll. I quickly began to depart the runway towards the grass to avoid the oncoming traffic. The grass was my first option; as there were no close taxiways to turn onto. I stopped my turn before departing the runway; as I noticed the PA28 aborted its takeoff roll. The PA28 departed the runway at the next taxiway; and I followed behind at a distance. When I touched down for landing; the aircraft was nowhere near Runway 25. The aircraft then taxied down to Runway 07 and departed the airport and traffic pattern. I had the right of way in this situation; and although I did not have any radios; I had a very clear understanding of the situation at hand. I believe the other aircraft could have been too reliant on radios to aid in traffic avoidance; and did not see me; or could have been distracted by some other means. The runway incursion did not result in any harm to either aircraft as far as I am aware.
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.