SMA AND C185 HAD NEAR COLLISION AFTER LNDG AT SGH.

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WHILE APCHING SGH ARPT; VFR AT NIGHT; I HAD HEARD DAYTON SPEAKING TO A C185; ALSO HDG INTO SGH; IN THE COURSE OF WHAT SOUNDED LIKE VFR FLT FOLLOWING. I CANNOT REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW FAR IN FROM ME THEY WERE; BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 MI. THE ACFT REQUESTED DAYTON FOLLOW THEM DURING AN ILS; AND DAYTON TOLD THEM THEY COULD DO THAT ON THEIR OWN. AT NO TIME DID I HEAR FROM ACFT Y THAT THEY WERE IN ANY DIFFICULTY. AT NO TIME DURING MY APCH DID I HEAR ACFT Y BROADCAST A POS RPT. AT NO TIME WAS I ABLE TO SEE ACFT Y IN THE PATTERN; AND I LOOKED PARTICULARLY ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRACTICE ILS 24 APCH. DAYTON WAS LNDG RWY 6; AND THE WINDS DEFINITELY FAVORED RWY 6 IN THE AREA. I CANCELED MY IFR WITH DAYTON APCH WHILE APPROX 6 MI N BY NW OF SGH. I BEGAN AN EXTENDED L BASE FOR RWY 6; ANNOUNCING MY POS ON 120.7 AT 6 MI OUT; 3 MI OUT; 1 MI OUT; AND WHILE TURNING FINAL; AND WHILE ON SHORT FINAL. WHILE ABOUT 4-5 MI OUT; I NOTICED THAT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON; WHICH I THOUGHT STRANGE SINCE ANOTHER PLANE HAD BEEN ABOUT 5 MINS OR SO AHEAD OF ME; SO I TURNED THEM ON BY CLICKING ON 120.7. HAVING HEARD THE EXCHANGES WITH DAYTON PRIOR TO CANCELING; I WAS AWARE THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRPLANE IN THE VICINITY; AND WAS WATCHING CAREFULLY FOR LIGHTS; AND LISTENING HARD FOR POS RPTS. NO LIGHTS WERE VISIBLE; AND NO POS RPTS WERE BROADCAST. SECONDS BEFORE TOUCHDOWN (AFTER ALREADY HAVING CROSSED THE THRESHOLD); A LNDG LIGHT APPEARED JUST ABOVE THE APCH END OF RWY 24. AFTER I NEARLY WET MY PANTS; I CALCULATED IT WAS SAFEST TO COMPLETE THE LNDG AND; IF NECESSARY; DIVERT ONTO THE GRASS OR TXWY IF A COLLISION APPEARED IMMINENT. AFTER EXITING THE RWY VIA THE TXWY; AND PULLING ONTO THE RAMP; I OBSERVED AN AIRPLANE TAXIING HESITANTLY UP RWY 25; STOPPING OCCASIONALLY. I CALLED ON 120.7; AND WAS ASKED BY THE TAXIING PLANE WHERE THE TERMINAL WAS. I GUIDED THE PLANE DOWN THE RWY; TO A TXWY; AND TO THE PAD IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL. AFTER THE PLT HAD SHUT DOWN; I ASKED WHY HE HAD NOT: 1) FAMILIARIZED HIMSELF WITH THE ARPT PRIOR TO LNDG; 2) TURNED ON THE RWY LIGHTS AND TXWY LIGHTS WHILE ON APCH; 3) RPTED HIS POS WHILE ON APCH; FINAL AND SHORT FINAL; 4) LANDED ON RWY 6 WHEN THE WIND CLRLY FAVORED RWY 6 AND ALL TFC INTO DAYTON; VERY NEARBY; WAS LNDG RWY 6; AND 5) TURNED ON HIS LNDG LIGHTS AND NAV TILL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS LIGHTS AND HIS PANEL; WHICH FURTHER INCREASED MY CONCERN. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS MORE REASON TO COMMUNICATE OFTEN AND FOLLOW OUTLINED PROCS; INCLUDING RPTING TO DAYTON AND DURING POS RPTS THAT HE WAS FLYING WITHOUT LIGHTS AND IN DIFFICULTY. I ASKED HIM TO GET SOME RECURRENT TRAINING BEFORE COMING BACK TO SPRINGFIELD; PARTICULARLY FOR A NIGHT LNDG; AS I DID NOT WANT TO MEET HIM PROP TO PROP. THE PLT; OF COURSE; FELT HE HAD FLOWN ABSOLUTELY SAFELY; AND TOOK UMBRAGE AT THE SUGGESTION HE HAD NOT. I BELIEVE THE PLT WAS FLYING WITH SOMEBODY CLRLY YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF IN THE AIRPLANE; AND WAS TRYING TO AVOID DECLARING AN EMER; OR EVEN REQUESTING ASSISTANCE. UPON LNDG HE ATTEMPTED TO AFFECT A REPAIR OF THE PANEL ON HIS OWN. UNFORTUNATELY; THERE IS LITTLE THAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS SIT OTHER THAN REWIRE THE 6 INCHES OF OVERCONFIDENT UNSAFE ATTITUDE RESIDING BTWN THE EARS OF THE PROUD PLT OF ACFT Y OR PULL HIS TICKET TILL HE GETS INTENSIVE RECURRENT TRAINING. HOPEFULLY HE WILL DO THAT; OR TAKE HIMSELF OUT OF OUR AIRSPACE ON HIS OWN WITHOUT TAKING ANOTHER PLT; PAX; OR INNOCENT BYSTANDERS WITH HIM.