Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 27000
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was practicing a landing from the rear seat of the aircraft with the owner in the front seat on Runway 17 at [a private airport]. On downwind the runway was clear; however when turning from base to final the front seat pilot informed me there is a tractor on the runway. I looked over his shoulder and observed the tractor stationary in the center of the runway we were attempting to land on and initiated a go-around at approximately 200 feet. We passed over the tractor and left the area.
My neighbor and I were practicing landings on crosswind Runway 17. I was in the front seat and the neighbor was piloting from the rear seat. Upon final the homeowner ran his tractor out on the runway and lifted the bucket to prevent us from landing. We narrowly missed the tractor doing a go-around. The runway blockage was witnessed by another neighbor who immediately came and reported that it was intentional. The tractor stayed on the runway until we landed on [a different] runway and parked the plane.
Two GA pilots reported a person parked a tractor on the runway to prevent a landing at a private airport.