Air Traffic Control Fully Certified; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120; Flight Crew Total 6300; Flight Crew Type 2000
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Runway
Airport; Human Factors; Procedure
I was on an IFR flight plan. After cancelling my IFR flight plan with ATC; I elected to track the RNAV Approach. Winds were 040 at 7 kts.; a direct crosswind. During the descent into I did not hear anyone on the CTAF so I elected to continue the RNAV Approach intending to land. I announced I was on the RNAV Approach ( approximately 10 miles out)and to which runway on the CTAF frequency. At 4 miles out I heard a Cherokee report downwind for the opposite direction runway. I then transmitted to that aircraft. 'I'm a Navajo on a 4 mile; would it be ok if I land ahead of you; if not I can follow you in'. The Cherokee responded 'that's fine I'll extend my downwind'. I continued my straight in Approach to Runway 14; I then reported 'short final ... full stop'. I did not hear anyone else on the CTAF. After a normal landing; I noticed another single engine low wing aircraft rolling toward me from the opposite direction. We never got close to each other. The aircraft exited the runway midway down the runway. I exited on the same taxiway. The Cherokee I talked to was still in the air reporting base to final.I don't know if the-aircraft on the ground landed [in the] opposite direction or was on an aborted take off roll. I'm not the kind of pilot that would ever cut anyone out of a traffic pattern or continue a straight in Approach to an uncontrolled airport if other airplanes are in the pattern. I always listen to CTAF on the standby radio a long way out so I can get in line with the other aircraft when winds are calm or direct crosswinds. This airport does not have a calm wind runway.This was not a near miss; neither of us were in danger of colliding. The potential for a collision could have been there if we weren't looking down the runway after the landing roll out. I felt I made plenty of position reports for a safe Approach to landing. I also monitored the CTAF so I would know if other aircraft were in the vicinity of the airport.
A Pilot landing at a non towered airport reported after landing encountering another aircraft on the opposite direction runway.