Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60; Flight Crew Total 4500; Flight Crew Type 20
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict Airborne Conflict; Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was on a straight-in visual final to runway 32. ASOS was calling winds 310/10. I announced my location at 5 miles and 2 miles on 123.05. On two-mile short final I saw a crop duster taking off runway 14 straight into me. I never heard him on the radios. I off-set left; called a go around on the radio; and pulled into a left downwind for 32. While deplaning; the same plane returned and again took off with a tailwind.
C172 pilot reported executing a go-around when a crop duster took off downwind and opposite direction to his planned landing.