A glider landed at 0e0 and did not exit the runway or report to local traffic that it still occupied...

Narrative:

As I was taxiing eastbound on the parallel taxiway to runway 26 at 0e0; I watched a glider land on the runway. The glider's rollout took him behind me so I couldn't see him come to a stop. Usually the gliders exit the runway at the first intersection. I knew the glider pilot had a radio because I had heard him call out his pattern legs. I completed my run-up while holding short of the threshold of runway 26. The hold line is painted in such a way that aircraft are still facing east while holding short of the runway. I called on the radio that I was taking runway 26 for departure; then I taxied onto the runway and took off. After I lifted off; I could see that the glider that had landed some minutes before was still on the runway about two-thirds of the way down the runway. I couldn't initially see the glider from the runway threshold because the runway slopes up slightly and because the glider is so short and close to the ground. I could not see the glider until I was airborne. When I saw the glider; I decided I didn't have enough distance to abort the takeoff so I sidestepped to the left of the runway and continued. I wasn't particularly close to the glider when I passed; so there was no immediate danger. However; the outcome could have been much different had I needed for some reason to abort my takeoff and land. I believe this incident was caused by my failure to confirm positively that the glider had cleared the runway prior to my taking the runway. Gliders are so small and streamlined that they are virtually invisible from behind. Part of the reason for my failure was that there was a thunderstorm about 3 miles south of the field moving toward the field and I was hurrying to get off the ground ahead of the storm. Another factor that contributed to my failure to see the glider on the runway was that the glider pilot had not made any radio call to announce that he intended to leave the glider on the runway. Lastly; the orientation of the hold line and the slope of the runway at 0e0 also contributed to my inability to see the glider.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A glider landed at 0E0 and did not exit the runway or report to local traffic that it still occupied the runway. A departing pilot saw the glider down field after takeoff and side stepped to avoid conflict with it.

Narrative: As I was taxiing eastbound on the parallel taxiway to Runway 26 at 0E0; I watched a glider land on the runway. The glider's rollout took him behind me so I couldn't see him come to a stop. Usually the gliders exit the runway at the first intersection. I knew the glider pilot had a radio because I had heard him call out his pattern legs. I completed my run-up while holding short of the threshold of Runway 26. The hold line is painted in such a way that aircraft are still facing east while holding short of the runway. I called on the radio that I was taking Runway 26 for departure; then I taxied onto the runway and took off. After I lifted off; I could see that the glider that had landed some minutes before was still on the runway about two-thirds of the way down the runway. I couldn't initially see the glider from the runway threshold because the runway slopes up slightly and because the glider is so short and close to the ground. I could not see the glider until I was airborne. When I saw the glider; I decided I didn't have enough distance to abort the takeoff so I sidestepped to the left of the runway and continued. I wasn't particularly close to the glider when I passed; so there was no immediate danger. However; the outcome could have been much different had I needed for some reason to abort my takeoff and land. I believe this incident was caused by my failure to confirm positively that the glider had cleared the runway prior to my taking the runway. Gliders are so small and streamlined that they are virtually invisible from behind. Part of the reason for my failure was that there was a thunderstorm about 3 miles south of the field moving toward the field and I was hurrying to get off the ground ahead of the storm. Another factor that contributed to my failure to see the glider on the runway was that the glider pilot had not made any radio call to announce that he intended to leave the glider on the runway. Lastly; the orientation of the hold line and the slope of the runway at 0E0 also contributed to my inability to see the glider.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	837933
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	0E0.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 2470
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 200

A glider landed at 0e0 and did not exit the runway or report to local traffic that it still occupied the runway. A departing pilot saw the glider down field after takeoff and side stepped to avoid conflict with it.