Light Transport; High Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 204; Flight Crew Total 2788; Flight Crew Type 2082
Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Ground Excursion Runway
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was operating at MEB doing military static line drops over the south east side of the airport known as 'DZ (Drop Zone) two'. I had just dropped static line jumpers at an altitude of 1500 ft MSL over the drop zone. I then proceeded to make a left hand turn to stay on the east side of the airfield and maneuver for a left base into Runway 23. Winds were from the south east at 3 knots. I made a radio call stating that jumpers were away and I was planning on a left base for Runway 23. As I approached final for 23 I noticed an aircraft departing the opposite runway; Runway 5. I called out the traffic on CTAF and stated my intentions to make a right 270 and reestablish myself onto a final leg for Runway 23. I heard no reply on CTAF so I then made 3 more calls stating that I was on final while looking for the traffic. I touched down on the 1000 ft marker and rolled out toward the departure end of Runway 23. My intention was to continue to the end of 23 and then taxi down Runway 13 to our DZ. When I was 1300 ft from the end of Runway 23 I saw a small Cessna turn a very close in final to Runway 5. This was alarming to me as we were still taxiing down Runway 23 and there was no turn off available till the end of Runway 23. I made several radio calls requesting the aircraft on final to go around since we were still on the runway. I got no response from the Cessna and it continued on its approach to the runway. I started to hug the right side of the runway in hopes that the aircraft would initiate a go around if he got us in sight. My final course of action was to steer my aircraft into the grass on the side of the runway to avoid a collision with the landing aircraft. The Cessna continued his approach and landed on Runway 5 as I taxied off into the grass to avoid a collision. I continued to make several calls with no response and the Cessna just continued doing laps in the pattern as though nothing had happened. I had both military DZSO (Drop Zone Safety Officer) and company maintenance team with radios and neither of them heard any calls made from the Cessna on CTAF but they heard all the calls transmitted on CTAF by my aircraft. After my operations were compete I taxied to the FBO to see if I could speak with the individual that was flying the Cessna. It turned out it was a flight instructor and his student. He told me that he saw me the entire time after he took off and also while he was landing. He stated that he had established a traffic pattern when he took off for Runway 5 and I should not have landed 23; he said he had the right of way and he felt comfortable flying over top of me and landing past me on Runway 5. I was very taken aback that he admitted he saw me land and that he saw me on the runway and he intentionally landed anyway. He said he heard me on CTAF and he was calling out his intentions. Unfortunately his radio must be malfunctioning since no one else at the airport heard his radio calls. The chain of events started when I entered the left base for Runway 23. I entered the pattern to Runway 23 as a left base to avoid my jumpers. The traffic pattern for 23 is listed as right traffic but from the position I was in and to avoid my jumpers I made the decision to enter a left base that was an error on my part. I saw the Cessna depart Runway 5 but I did not hear him making any calls on CTAF. I saw the Cessna briefly as he departed Runway 5 but quickly lost sight of him as I turned to avoid him and do a right 270 to reenter a final to Runway 23. The Cessna departing Runway 5 not having functional radios was contributing factor because he could not state his intentions. As I turned back onto a short final I should have considered that the Cessna was going to be staying in the traffic pattern; I could have continued to circle till I got him in sight to land but I assumed since I did not see him in the pattern that he had departed the area. The pilot of the Cessna could have at any point just done a go aroundand do another lap in the pattern till I exited the runway instead of continuing the approach and landing; forcing me to take evasive action and taxi into the grass.
Light transport pilot reported taxiing off the runway into the grass to avoid an aircraft landing opposite direction.