Small aircraft pilot landing at non-towered airport reported the traffic they followed back taxied o...

Attributes
ACN	1695072
Time
Date	201910
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	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 782 Flight Crew Type 782
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

I was in trail following a friend to the airport; my first day solo in a tailwheel airplane. We were communicating. He advised that he would land and roll-out to end of runway (grass) and that I should land and we would both back taxi. I was too close in trail. He landed; but then decided to back taxi immediately. I was on the ground rolling out as he began his 180 back taxi turn. I told him to stop over the radio. He was near the center line of runway and there was no room for me pass him. I steered left of center to avoid hitting him and rolled off the runway into shrubs and saplings traveling at less than 20 mph; engine at idle. Prop struck 3/4' to 1' diameter saplings and stopped. There was no visible damage to airplane. I was not injured. Plane was towed with a strap and pickup truck back onto runway and inspected. Again; no visible damage. I preflighted the airplane; started the engine and completed pre-take off check list including longer than usual run up. All indications were normal. I departed and returned the airplane to it home base. In hindsight; if he had a problem landing; I am not sure I had enough room/speed to go around. Lesson learned was don't land unless runway is completely clear regardless of previous arrangements.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot landing at non-towered airport reported the traffic they followed back taxied on the runway as they were landing causing them to take evasive action and leave the runway.

Narrative: I was in trail following a friend to the airport; my first day solo in a tailwheel airplane. We were communicating. He advised that he would land and roll-out to end of runway (grass) and that I should land and we would both back taxi. I was too close in trail. He landed; but then decided to back taxi immediately. I was on the ground rolling out as he began his 180 back taxi turn. I told him to stop over the radio. He was near the center line of runway and there was no room for me pass him. I steered left of center to avoid hitting him and rolled off the runway into shrubs and saplings traveling at less than 20 mph; engine at idle. Prop struck 3/4' to 1' diameter saplings and stopped. There was no visible damage to airplane. I was not injured. Plane was towed with a strap and pickup truck back onto runway and inspected. Again; no visible damage. I preflighted the airplane; started the engine and completed pre-take off check list including longer than usual run up. All indications were normal. I departed and returned the airplane to it home base. In hindsight; if he had a problem landing; I am not sure I had enough room/speed to go around. Lesson learned was don't land unless runway is completely clear regardless of previous arrangements.

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.