Narrative:

As PIC of aircraft #1, I began monitoring CTAF and announced position, altitude, and arrival intentions (full-stop landing) at 7 NM west of 4r4. Flight originated at gpt some 30 mins earlier. Airport 4r4 is untowered with unicom typically unmanned by single FBO, and I received no runway or traffic information and heard no other aircraft in the vicinity. I repeated the announcement approximately 2 NM west, level at pattern altitude and advised my intention to view the windsock prior to runway selection. I crossed the runway 1 threshold, circled to the north, and, by reference to the windsock on the field, observed the wind to be approximately 3-5 KTS from the nne, favoring runway 1. I announced my intention to enter left downwind for runway 1. I observed no traffic in the air or on the ground, but heard a transmission from a cessna 152 (aircraft #3) inbound from the northwest who announced his intention to enter left downwind for runway 1. Pattern entry and flight were normal. I announced turns to base and final and heard aircraft #3 behind me announce downwind. As I began my roundout and flare just prior to landing, I heard a transmission from the following aircraft #3 asking if I had seen the challenger jet (aircraft #2) at the opposite end of runway 1. At about that same moment, I looked up the runway myself and saw a large bizjet at the opposite (north) end of runway 1, positioned on the centerline for a takeoff on runway 19. Now just a few ft above the runway, I immediately initiated a go around and right turn to the east. I acknowledged the transmission from the following aircraft #3, I cleaned up the aircraft, and climbed out on an upwind leg paralleling the runway. As I approached mid-field, aircraft #2 began rolling and announced on CTAF a departure on runway 19. I queried aircraft #2, asking if he had monitored the CTAF. He answered that he had transmitted his taxi intentions and had heard no other traffic. I replied that I had not heard the taxi transmission. The aircraft #3 pilot volunteered that he did not hear aircraft #'2 prior transmission, either. Aircraft #2 did not acknowledge either of these xmissions, made no other transmission on frequency, and departed the pattern to the south. Aircraft #3 announced and made a 360 degree right turn to the west from downwind leg to allow aircraft #2 to depart. I reentered the pattern behind aircraft #3 with announcements, and normal lndgs were made on runway 1 by aircraft's #1 and #3. Subsequent to landing, the pilot of aircraft #3 stated that he had observed aircraft #2 taxi to runway 19 as I was on my base leg. A lineman at the FBO stated that traffic had been using runway 1 'all morning.' another ground witness stated that aircraft #2 had landed recently to 'pick up some kids' and had departed quickly. In the future, it would behoove me to pay closer attention to aircraft movements on the ground during the final phases of the landing, ie, base and long final, even if no radio transmission indicates such a movement. The conflict is that this is typically a time for paying close attention to the landing aircraft confign and control, as well.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A CESSNA 182 MADE GAR AFTER OBSERVING A CANADAIR CHALLENGER IN POS ON THE OTHER END OF THE RWY AT A NON CTLED ARPT.

Narrative: AS PIC OF ACFT #1, I BEGAN MONITORING CTAF AND ANNOUNCED POS, ALT, AND ARR INTENTIONS (FULL-STOP LNDG) AT 7 NM W OF 4R4. FLT ORIGINATED AT GPT SOME 30 MINS EARLIER. ARPT 4R4 IS UNTOWERED WITH UNICOM TYPICALLY UNMANNED BY SINGLE FBO, AND I RECEIVED NO RWY OR TFC INFO AND HEARD NO OTHER ACFT IN THE VICINITY. I REPEATED THE ANNOUNCEMENT APPROX 2 NM W, LEVEL AT PATTERN ALT AND ADVISED MY INTENTION TO VIEW THE WINDSOCK PRIOR TO RWY SELECTION. I CROSSED THE RWY 1 THRESHOLD, CIRCLED TO THE N, AND, BY REF TO THE WINDSOCK ON THE FIELD, OBSERVED THE WIND TO BE APPROX 3-5 KTS FROM THE NNE, FAVORING RWY 1. I ANNOUNCED MY INTENTION TO ENTER L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 1. I OBSERVED NO TFC IN THE AIR OR ON THE GND, BUT HEARD A XMISSION FROM A CESSNA 152 (ACFT #3) INBOUND FROM THE NW WHO ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO ENTER L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 1. PATTERN ENTRY AND FLT WERE NORMAL. I ANNOUNCED TURNS TO BASE AND FINAL AND HEARD ACFT #3 BEHIND ME ANNOUNCE DOWNWIND. AS I BEGAN MY ROUNDOUT AND FLARE JUST PRIOR TO LNDG, I HEARD A XMISSION FROM THE FOLLOWING ACFT #3 ASKING IF I HAD SEEN THE CHALLENGER JET (ACFT #2) AT THE OPPOSITE END OF RWY 1. AT ABOUT THAT SAME MOMENT, I LOOKED UP THE RWY MYSELF AND SAW A LARGE BIZJET AT THE OPPOSITE (N) END OF RWY 1, POSITIONED ON THE CTRLINE FOR A TKOF ON RWY 19. NOW JUST A FEW FT ABOVE THE RWY, I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A GAR AND R TURN TO THE E. I ACKNOWLEDGED THE XMISSION FROM THE FOLLOWING ACFT #3, I CLEANED UP THE ACFT, AND CLBED OUT ON AN UPWIND LEG PARALLELING THE RWY. AS I APCHED MID-FIELD, ACFT #2 BEGAN ROLLING AND ANNOUNCED ON CTAF A DEP ON RWY 19. I QUERIED ACFT #2, ASKING IF HE HAD MONITORED THE CTAF. HE ANSWERED THAT HE HAD XMITTED HIS TAXI INTENTIONS AND HAD HEARD NO OTHER TFC. I REPLIED THAT I HAD NOT HEARD THE TAXI XMISSION. THE ACFT #3 PLT VOLUNTEERED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR ACFT #'2 PRIOR XMISSION, EITHER. ACFT #2 DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE EITHER OF THESE XMISSIONS, MADE NO OTHER XMISSION ON FREQ, AND DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO THE S. ACFT #3 ANNOUNCED AND MADE A 360 DEG R TURN TO THE W FROM DOWNWIND LEG TO ALLOW ACFT #2 TO DEPART. I REENTERED THE PATTERN BEHIND ACFT #3 WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND NORMAL LNDGS WERE MADE ON RWY 1 BY ACFT'S #1 AND #3. SUBSEQUENT TO LNDG, THE PLT OF ACFT #3 STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED ACFT #2 TAXI TO RWY 19 AS I WAS ON MY BASE LEG. A LINEMAN AT THE FBO STATED THAT TFC HAD BEEN USING RWY 1 'ALL MORNING.' ANOTHER GND WITNESS STATED THAT ACFT #2 HAD LANDED RECENTLY TO 'PICK UP SOME KIDS' AND HAD DEPARTED QUICKLY. IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BEHOOVE ME TO PAY CLOSER ATTN TO ACFT MOVEMENTS ON THE GND DURING THE FINAL PHASES OF THE LNDG, IE, BASE AND LONG FINAL, EVEN IF NO RADIO XMISSION INDICATES SUCH A MOVEMENT. THE CONFLICT IS THAT THIS IS TYPICALLY A TIME FOR PAYING CLOSE ATTN TO THE LNDG ACFT CONFIGN AND CTL, AS WELL.

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.