SMA ON LNDG ROLL HAS MLG APCH CLOSE BEHIND. GAR OF MLG; RWY EXCURSION OF SMA.

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I WAS ON A NIGHT VFR XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT; OUT OF W83. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLT; WE ENTERED THE NORFOLK ARSA AT APPROX XX00 PM LCL. APCH CTL WAS BUSY; BUT PROFESSIONAL; AND I HAVE MADE THIS SAME FLT; IN SAME CONDITIONS; DOZENS OF TIMES. WE WERE VECTORED TO THE ARPT; AND; AFTER CALLING THE ARPT IN SIGHT; WERE TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR; WHICH WE DID. AFTER CALLING TFC IN SIGHT; WE WERE CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 5; FOLLOWING TFC. OUR AIRSPD WAS APPROX 100 KIAS AT THAT TIME. ESTABLISHED ON FINAL; AND CLRED TO LAND; WE CONTINUED TO THE RWY AT APPROX 80 KIAS; THEN SLOWED TO 70 KIAS; AND LANDED ON THE NUMBERS. DOING A ROUTINE ROLLOUT; AND PREPARING FOR A R TURNOFF WHICH WAS STILL QUITE A WAY AWAY; I FOR SOME REASON; THOUGHT TO LOOK BEHIND ME -- SOMETHING I DO NOT NORMALLY DO. AT THAT TIME; I SAW 4 LNDG LIGHTS OF AN MLG BEHIND ME. WE WERE IN A SIT THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A COLLISION -- DUE TO THE RAPID APCH SPD OF THE MLG AND OUR TAXI SPD. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK CTL; APPLIED FULL PWR AND RAN OFF THE RWY; INTO THE GRASS. SHORTLY AFTER SEEING THE MLG AND MANEUVERING OFF THE ACTIVE; I HEARD THE CREW OF THE MLG INQUIRE IF THERE WAS TFC ON THE RWY. THE TWR REPLIED THAT THERE WAS; AND INSTRUCTED THE MLG TO GAR; AFTER A SHORT DELAY. THE MLG PASSED ABOVE OUR ACFT JUST AS I CLRED THE ACTIVE INTO THE GRASS. I AM NOT SURE OF HIS PROX; BUT I COULD CLRLY SEE IT IN THE OVERHEAD WINDOW ABOVE THE PLTS' SEAT. WE FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE; AND I AM CERTAIN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION IF I HAD NOT; FOR SOME REASON; TURNED AROUND. I DO NOT REMEMBER HEARING THE MLG CLRED TO LAND BEHIND ME. AS FAR AS NIGHT COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ACFT NEED BETTER REARWARD VISIBILITY. E.G.; THE LAX COLLISION; THEY COULD NOT SEE THE ACFT HOLDING ON THE RWY -- ALMOST THE SAME SIT WITH US. I FEEL THE TWR CTLR IS TO BLAME FOR THIS INCIDENT. HE DID NOT HAVE A CLUE WHERE I WAS; OR HOW FAST AN MLG APCHS THE ARPT. THE MLG PLT SAID HE HAD US IN SIGHT; BUT AN ACFT CAN EASILY BE LOST IN THE SEA OF ARPT LIGHTS. HE JUST COULD NOT SEE US; AND NO WONDER; CONSIDERING OUR MEAGER COLLISION AVOIDANCE.