1998-05 · NASA ASRS report 403148
A C206 LANDS OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC ON RWY 29 AT 1V6; CO; A NON TWR ARPT UNICOM. AFTER LOADING JUMPERS HE TAXIES ONTO RWY 11 FOR TKOF; NEARLY COLLIDING WITH A LNDG MO20 WHO SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING HIS ACFT ON THE LNDG.
IN A HURRY TO PICK UP MORE JUMPERS/PARACHUTERS BEFORE ARPT CLOSED; C206 PLT DISREGARDED CONDITIONS AT THE ARPT. THIS PERSON LANDED AGAINST TFC OF RWY IN USE; RWY 29. CAME UP THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RWY TO LET ANOTHER MOONEY BACK TAXIING FOR TKOF ON RWY 11 TO THE SE. I WAS WATCHING MY DISTANCES TO LAND BEHIND THE MOONEY TAKING OFF. AS I CAME WITHIN 200 FT OF TOUCHDOWN; MY STROBE; NAV LIGHTS AND LNDG LIGHTS ON; THE CESSNA PROCEEDED TO TAXI ONTO RWY 29. HIS COMPLETE R WING WAS ON THE RWY WHEN I SWUNG TO THE R TO MISS HIS WING. AS THE C206 CALLED IN; THE UNICOM OPERATOR CHANGED RWYS FROM RWY 29 TO RWY 11 AS THE WIND HAD SHIFTED TO 120-125 DEGS. HE STATED HE WAS LNDG ON RWY 29 ANYWAY AND THE MOONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BACK TAXI ON RWY 11 TO TAKE OFF; SAID HE WOULD WAIT. I SAW THE C206 LAND AND TAXI TO THE END OF RWY 29. I WAS WATCHING THE MOONEY TAXI UP TO END OF RWY 29 AND TURN AROUND TO TAKE OFF ON RWY 11. AS I CAME IN APPROX 200 FT OFF THE END OF RWY 11; I NOTICED THE C206 STARTING TO TAXI AHEAD TO ENTER RWY 11. I HAD MY LNDG LIGHT ON; NAV LIGHTS WERE ON AND STROBE. HE JUST PLAIN IGNORED COMMON SENSE WITH THE TFC OF THE DAY.
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