A light aircraft flight instructor landed on runway 04 at rac only to discover another light aircraf...

Attributes
ACN	846417
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RAC.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 3000

Narrative:

We landed on runway 04 after flying a right base entry to the runway. After touchdown we saw a light aircraft facing us on the opposite end in the last 1000 feet of the runway. I then made a right exit onto runway 32-14 and contacted rac unicom to verify the operation of the radio which came back positive. Considering the winds at the time runway 04 was the proper runway to use so we assumed the other aircraft was taxiing on runway 22. After a debrief with the pilot it became clear he landed on runway 22 opposite to us; he claimed that he made position reports on every point of the pattern of which we heard none. Personnel on the ground confirmed that they had heard our radio transmission. The pilot of the other aircraft also admitted that he saw us on right base to runway 04 when he was on short final to runway 22. Why he did not discontinue the approach when faced with this is beyond me. Contributing factor against seeing the other aircraft earlier was the lack of received radio transmissions and the lack of a landing light on the other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A light aircraft Flight Instructor landed on Runway 04 at RAC only to discover another light aircraft had landed essentially simultaneously in the opposite direction. Reporter advised the other pilot failed to make any position/intention reports on CTAF.

Narrative: We landed on Runway 04 after flying a right base entry to the runway. After touchdown we saw a light aircraft facing us on the opposite end in the last 1000 feet of the runway. I then made a right exit onto Runway 32-14 and contacted RAC UNICOM to verify the operation of the radio which came back positive. Considering the winds at the time Runway 04 was the proper runway to use so we assumed the other aircraft was taxiing on Runway 22. After a debrief with the pilot it became clear he landed on Runway 22 opposite to us; he claimed that he made position reports on every point of the pattern of which we heard none. Personnel on the ground confirmed that they had heard our radio transmission. The pilot of the other aircraft also admitted that he saw us on right base to Runway 04 when he was on short final to Runway 22. Why he did not discontinue the approach when faced with this is beyond me. Contributing factor against seeing the other aircraft earlier was the lack of received radio transmissions and the lack of a landing light on the other aircraft.

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.

A light aircraft flight instructor landed on runway 04 at rac only to discover another light aircraft had landed essentially simultaneously in the opposite direction. Reporter advised the other pilot failed to make any position/intention reports on CTAF.