PA28 PLT FLEW OVER A C140; LNDG ON THE SAME RWY AT 3B9.

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THE EVENT OCCURRED AT DEEP DUSK IN THE LNDG PHASE WITH ACFT #2 LNDG SHORT AND ACFT #1 OVERFLYING AND LNDG LONG; UNAWARE OF ACFT #2 BELOW. ACFT #1 TAXIED TO HANGAR AND SHUT DOWN. ACFT #2 FOLLOWED AND SHUT DOWN. IT WAS AT THAT TIME PLT #1 BECAME AWARE OF INCIDENT WHEN INFORMED BY PLT #2. PLT #2'S ACCOUNT IS AS FOLLOWS: PLT #2 RPTED ON 45 DEG ENTRY FOR RWY 17. HE HEARD RADIO CALL FROM PLT #1; BUT CALLS WERE GARBLED. ON BASE AND FINAL; HE NOTED ACFT #1 HIGHER AND OVERTAKING HIM AND MADE CALLS ADVISING HIS POS. ON FINAL; ACFT #1 PASSED OVER ACFT #2 JUST PRIOR/JUST AFTER ACFT #2'S LNDG AND LNDG BEYOND ACFT #2. ACFT #1 WAS OPERATING WITH POS LIGHTS; 3 STROBES (WINGTIPS AND TAIL) AND LNDG LIGHTS. ACFT #2 TURNED ON AND DEMONSTRATED STROBE ON TOP OF FUSELAGE BEHIND CABIN TO BE OPERATIONAL. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS AND OTHER LIGHTS WERE IN OP AT TIME OF INCIDENT. ACFT #1 CLBED TO ABOVE 600 FT AGL AND STARTED L TURN TO XWIND AND TURNED TO DOWNWIND AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL. CLOSED PATTERN TKOFS AND POS RPTING WERE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT FLT. A HIGH APCH; BASE AND FINAL WERE FLOWN AT APPROX 80 KTS SLOWING TO 70 KTS BEFORE PWR-OFF APCH AND LNDG. NO VISUAL CONTACT NOR COMS FROM ACFT #2 WERE HEARD. A LATER CHK OF RADIOS SHOWED THAT THE VOLUME CTL FOR COM #2) WHICH WAS BEING USED; WAS AT MINIMUM SETTING. AN INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THERE IS NO AUDIBLE RECEPTION IN THIS POS.