Narrative:

My student and I were completing a practice instrument approach to a full stop landing at night. The WX was VMC and the wind was calm. We were coming into a unicom field and announced our FAF inbound, as well as one mi final to runway 29. We had our position lights, rotating beacon and our landing light turned on. During the landing flare and roll out my student and I both observed movement ahead of us on the runway at about the same time. There are often deer on the runway and that is initially what we thought it was. A second later we realized it was another aircraft which had landed on runway 11 and was rolling towards us. He appeared to pull over to the left side of the runway so we went the other way. We passed each other going in opp directions on the same runway. We were in a high wing trainer and the other aircraft was an experimental small aircraft. No damage occurred to either aircraft. After my student and I parked, we went over to talk to the other pilot but he had immediately left the airport by car. I did get his aircraft north number but was never able to communication with him about the incident. Upon our inspection of the small aircraft, we saw it had a strobe light on tip, a green wing position light starboard and a white, not red, position light on the port side. There was no landing light, or rotating beacon and it was not equipped with a communication radio. The contributing factors of this incident may have been that the runway lights were on high intensity and the other aircraft lacked a landing light and beacon. We may also have visually confused his top strobe light for the REIL strobes ahead of us or we may have been lower on the approach and not seen his acfts top strobe light. All of these factors coupled with the lack of radio communication lead us to believe we were approaching the uncontrolled airport west/O other traffic present. We need to all be attentive to the possibility of other traffic, with or west/O communication at uncontrolled airports, especially at night, and to be aware of the potentially confusing light stimulus and illusions that are present during night operations.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR AND INSTRUMENT STUDENT ON SIM APCH AT UNICOM FIELD AT NIGHT HAVE CONFLICT WITH ACFT LNDG OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

Narrative: MY STUDENT AND I WERE COMPLETING A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APCH TO A FULL STOP LNDG AT NIGHT. THE WX WAS VMC AND THE WIND WAS CALM. WE WERE COMING INTO A UNICOM FIELD AND ANNOUNCED OUR FAF INBND, AS WELL AS ONE MI FINAL TO RWY 29. WE HAD OUR POS LIGHTS, ROTATING BEACON AND OUR LNDG LIGHT TURNED ON. DURING THE LNDG FLARE AND ROLL OUT MY STUDENT AND I BOTH OBSERVED MOVEMENT AHEAD OF US ON THE RWY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THERE ARE OFTEN DEER ON THE RWY AND THAT IS INITIALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS. A SEC LATER WE REALIZED IT WAS ANOTHER ACFT WHICH HAD LANDED ON RWY 11 AND WAS ROLLING TOWARDS US. HE APPEARED TO PULL OVER TO THE L SIDE OF THE RWY SO WE WENT THE OTHER WAY. WE PASSED EACH OTHER GOING IN OPP DIRECTIONS ON THE SAME RWY. WE WERE IN A HIGH WING TRAINER AND THE OTHER ACFT WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL SMA. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO EITHER ACFT. AFTER MY STUDENT AND I PARKED, WE WENT OVER TO TALK TO THE OTHER PLT BUT HE HAD IMMEDIATELY L THE ARPT BY CAR. I DID GET HIS ACFT N NUMBER BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO COM WITH HIM ABOUT THE INCIDENT. UPON OUR INSPECTION OF THE SMA, WE SAW IT HAD A STROBE LIGHT ON TIP, A GREEN WING POS LIGHT STARBOARD AND A WHITE, NOT RED, POS LIGHT ON THE PORT SIDE. THERE WAS NO LNDG LIGHT, OR ROTATING BEACON AND IT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A COM RADIO. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF THIS INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE ON HIGH INTENSITY AND THE OTHER ACFT LACKED A LNDG LIGHT AND BEACON. WE MAY ALSO HAVE VISUALLY CONFUSED HIS TOP STROBE LIGHT FOR THE REIL STROBES AHEAD OF US OR WE MAY HAVE BEEN LOWER ON THE APCH AND NOT SEEN HIS ACFTS TOP STROBE LIGHT. ALL OF THESE FACTORS COUPLED WITH THE LACK OF RADIO COM LEAD US TO BELIEVE WE WERE APCHING THE UNCTLED ARPT W/O OTHER TFC PRESENT. WE NEED TO ALL BE ATTENTIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER TFC, WITH OR W/O COM AT UNCTLED ARPTS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AND TO BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY CONFUSING LIGHT STIMULUS AND ILLUSIONS THAT ARE PRESENT DURING NIGHT OPS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.