PA28 BACK-TAXIING AFTER LNDG AT 4J6 ENCOUNTERS BE58 LANDING STRAIGHT IN DIRECTLY AT THEM. FORTUNATELY STOPPING SHORT OF THEIR POSITION. REPORTER ALLEGES NO CTAF TRANSMISSIONS BY BE58 PLT.
Synopsis
PA28 BACK-TAXIING AFTER LNDG AT 4J6 ENCOUNTERS BE58 LANDING STRAIGHT IN DIRECTLY AT THEM. FORTUNATELY STOPPING SHORT OF THEIR POSITION. REPORTER ALLEGES NO CTAF TRANSMISSIONS BY BE58 PLT.
Narrative
WE DEPARTED FOR A PLEASURE FLT TO 4J6. WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED RADAR ADVISORIES THROUGH JACKSONVILLE'S CLASS C AIRSPACE UNTIL ADVISING ST MARY'S IN SIGHT AND BEING CLRED TO SQUAWK 1200 AND SWITCH TO THE LCL CTAF FREQ 122.8. BEFORE LETTING US GO; JAX APCH CTLR ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS A BARON AT OUR 6 O'CLOCK POS; ALSO INBOUND TO ST MARY'S WHO WAS 'FASTER' THAN US. WE SAW HIM ON OUR TIS SYS AS BEING APPROX 4 NM BEHIND US; 1500 FT ABOVE. WE CONTINUED TO 4J6; MAKING CALLS ON THE ADVISORY FREQ AS TO OUR INTENTIONS. UPON ARRIVING AT THE AIRFIELD; WE OVERFLEW AT MIDFIELD; CHKED OUT THE WINDSOCK (VERY LIGHT WINDS FROM THE E) AND ENTERED A L DOWNWIND TO RWY 4; MAKING POS RPTS ON 122.8 AS WE FLEW THE PATTERN. WE DID NOT SEE THE BARON IN THE TFC PATTERN. WE LANDED A BIT LONG ON RWY 4 AND ROLLED OUT. THEN; SINCE THERE ARE NO TXWYS TO EXIT INTO AT THE DEP END OF RWY 4; WE ANNOUNCED OUR INTENTION TO BACK-TAXI ON RWY 4. WHEN WE TURNED; WE SAW THE BARON ON SHORT FINAL FOR THE RWY -- HEADED DIRECTLY AT US. APPARENTLY; HE HAD MADE A LONG; STRAIGHT-IN APCH FOR THE RWY. I ANNOUNCED ON THE CTAF 'BARON LNDG RWY 4 AT ST MARY'S; GO AROUND!' HE DID NOT. WE TURNED AND 'RAN AWAY' BACK TOWARDS THE DEP END OF THE RWY' AND PULLED AS FAR TO THE L SIDE AS POSSIBLE. LUCKILY; HE LANDED FAIRLY SHORT AND CAME TO A STOP AT LEAST 1000 FT BEFORE US ON THE RWY. THEN; HE TURNED AND BACK-TAXIED TO THE RAMP. WE FOLLOWED HIM AND PARKED. WE HAD NEVER HEARD HIM MAKE A SINGLE POS RPT ON THE CTAF (BUT HE DEFINITELY HAD A RADIO BECAUSE WE HEARD HIM TALKING TO JAX APCH) AND HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT NOTICE THAT THERE WAS AN ACFT ON THE RWY WHEN HE DECIDED TO LAND.
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