C172 PLT AND A C152 LANDED ON OPPOSING RWYS AT L70. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT SCT; WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL; AND MISSET HIS VHF COM RADIO; RENDERING IT INOP.

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I LEFT PUEBLO; CO; ENRTE TO LA WHITMAN IN CALIFORNIA. I STOPPED OVER IN HOLBROOK; AZ; FOR FUEL AND THEN PROCEEDED TO WHITMAN (WHP). AT AROUND XA00 HRS; I FLEW OVER L70 AND TRIED TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA APCH FOR CLRNC INTO WHITMAN. AT THIS TIME; I ESTIMATED I HAD ABOUT 8 GALS OF FUEL. I BURN ABOUT 6.2 GPH AND FIGURED A RESERVE OF OVER 1 HR. I DSNDED FROM 6500 FT TO ABOUT 4000 FT MSL; AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT SCT OR WHITMAN. I KNEW THAT WHITMAN WAS S OF L70; BUT DIDN'T FLY S BECAUSE OF BURBANK AND VAN NUYS AIRSPACE. I FLEW WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ETERNITY; TRYING TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT TO NO AVAIL. I SWITCHED RADIOS; HEADSETS; HANDHELD MIKE; AND INTERCOM. IN DOING SO; I INADVERTENTLY SHUT THE AUDIO CTL ON THE RADIO CTL PANEL. I DIDN'T LEARN THIS UNTIL I LANDED. BY THIS TIME; I BEGAN TO PANIC. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND HAVING TO PUT IT DOWN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD FLOWN OVER L70 AQUA DULCE AND I FLEW NE SEARCHING FOR IT. I FLEW OVER L70 AND AGAIN TRIED TO COMMUNICATE OVER THE UNICOM FREQ. I COULD RAISE NO ONE. I FLEW THE FIELD IN A L HANDED PATTERN FOR RWY 4; 2 FULL REVOLUTIONS AND LOOKED FOR TFC AS WELL AS TXWY AND RWY ACFT. ALL THIS TIME; I WIGGLED MY WINGS. SEEING NO TFC AND NOT SEEING THE WINDSOCK; I LANDED ON RWY 4. AS SOON AS I TOUCHED DOWN; I OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT LNDG ON RWY 22. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED R RUDDER AND FULL PWR; PULLING TO THE R SIDE OF THE RWY AND FLYING L WING LOW ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN WHICH IS TO THE S OF RWY 4. THE OTHER ACFT CONTINUED LNDG AND PULLED OFF THE ACTIVE RWY INTO THE SOD AREA. I FIGURED THAT I MISSED THE OTHER ACFT BY ABOUT 20 FT HORIZLY AND VERTLY. I AGAIN FLEW THE ARPT TWICE; WIGGLING MY WINGS AND THEN MADE A 180 DEG TURN AND LANDED ON RWY 22. I CONTACTED THE OTHER PLT; WHO WAS AN INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER ACFT AND FORTUNATELY; NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. I FUELED MY PLANE AND IT TOOK 29 GALS OF FUEL. I HOLD 40 GALS WITH 2 GALS NON USABLE. THERE WAS SOME RAIN; SOME HAZE; AND A WHOLE LOT OF PANIC ON MY PART. I THINK THAT INSTINCT AND REFLEXES SAVED ME FROM A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT I WASN'T HIGH ENOUGH FOR WHITMAN OR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA APCH TO HEAR MY RADIO XMITTING.