Narrative:

I was flying a cessna 421 when I was involved in a near miss with a crop duster on a half mile final from my runway of intended landing.since my destination is an uncontrolled airport; I tuned to airport unicom about 15 miles to the west of the airport for advisories and conditions. I did not hear anyone else on the unicom providing any positioning or reporting. I reported my position on the unicom eight miles west of the imperial VOR with my intention to make a full stop. My landing lights were on; as well as my strobe and beacon lights at least ten miles prior to final approach. I again reported my position on left base turning final; and another report of my position on final approach. I scanned my instruments on approaching the airport and did not see any traffic on my tcad screen. Additionally; no other aircraft were making any calls on the unicom frequency at anytime during my approach and landing at the airport. Throughout the approach I was scanning the horizon and did not see any other traffic. However; on final approach on half mile final to runway 32; a yellow crop duster aircraft was completing a right turn to final and cut me off approximately 300 ft horizontally and 50 ft below. At that moment I immediately initiated a go-around and subsequently safely landed on runway 32. Although I understand that a radio and transponder are not necessarily required at an uncontrolled airport; that rule is archaic and dangerous today as more aircraft are flying and some uncontrolled airports; including my destination; see heavier traffic.

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Title: When he entered a low final from a right base 1/2 mile from the runway; a crop duster pilot's failure to monitor or utilize CTAF procedures at an uncontrolled desert airport resulted in an NMAC with a CE-421 pilot who had done both.

Narrative: I was flying a Cessna 421 when I was involved in a near miss with a crop duster on a half mile final from my runway of intended landing.Since my destination is an uncontrolled airport; I tuned to airport Unicom about 15 miles to the west of the airport for advisories and conditions. I did not hear anyone else on the UNICOM providing any positioning or reporting. I reported my position on the UNICOM eight miles west of the Imperial VOR with my intention to make a full stop. My landing lights were on; as well as my strobe and beacon lights at least ten miles prior to final approach. I again reported my position on left base turning final; and another report of my position on final approach. I scanned my instruments on approaching the airport and did not see any traffic on my TCAD screen. Additionally; no other aircraft were making any calls on the Unicom frequency at anytime during my approach and landing at the airport. Throughout the approach I was scanning the horizon and did not see any other traffic. However; on final approach on half mile final to Runway 32; a yellow crop duster aircraft was completing a right turn to final and cut me off approximately 300 FT horizontally and 50 FT below. At that moment I immediately initiated a go-around and subsequently safely landed on Runway 32. Although I understand that a radio and transponder are not necessarily required at an uncontrolled airport; that rule is archaic and dangerous today as more aircraft are flying and some uncontrolled airports; including my destination; see heavier traffic.

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.