Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35; Flight Crew Total 630; Flight Crew Type 83
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Runway
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airport; Human Factors
I landed at HEQ to drop off a mechanic to pick up an aircraft at the airport. I made standard radio calls and on final to Runway 14 I noticed a Thrush aircraft on downwind who made no calls. I landed and taxied to the end. I exited the runway on the turn-around to allow him to land. The Thrush made an approach and went missed and appeared to depart to the south. I made a call that I was taxiing back on the runway (as there is no taxiway to take). As I was halfway down the runway the mechanic I was with stated the Thrush was touching down behind us (Runway 32). I accelerated as quickly as I safely could; and the mechanic stated the Thrush closed to within 1;000 feet of our tail. The aircraft would have made contact with us if we had not accelerated down the runway as we did.
C206 pilot reported landing on Runway 14 at HEQ and sighting a Thrush on downwind. The reporter pulled into the turnaround at the end of Runway 14 and watched the Thrush make a low approach and appear to depart to the south. He announced a back taxi on Runway 32; but halfway down the runway his passenger reported the Thrush was landing behind them. Taxi speed was greatly increased and a collision was avoided.