Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80; Flight Crew Total 900; Flight Crew Type 300
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Airport; Human Factors; Procedure
When coming in on an instrument approach in low visibility; I forgot to announce on advisory frequency that I was landing. There was a snowplow at the other end of the runway at the time; which I didn't realize until we landed and came to a stop. We were not in danger of hitting the snowplow; but the situation seemed dangerous to me. This situation happened because this is an unusual airport that has snowy weather; commercial service; and no tower; which means CTAF is used to coordinate between machinery like snowplows and aircraft. This situation was caused by my failure to make radio calls once I was switched to advisory frequency by ATC.
Corporate pilot landing at a non-towered airport reported they forgot to communicate their arrival on CTAF and noticed a snowplow on the runway after landing.