Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10; Flight Crew Total 236; Flight Crew Type 45
Situational Awareness
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
BOW; normally a Class D; was operating as a Class G. I was returning to the airport after a recreational flight and switched to the BOW CTAF; 121.2; but could hear nothing. I turned on the AWOS but had difficulty understanding the voice and could not ascertain the landing runway. After performing a pre-landing checklist; I transmitted my locations on the CTAF; and proceeded to land on runway 9L. My passenger and I both scanned and confirmed that there was no traffic in the pattern; and proceeded with the landing. Upon touch down; a Cirrus SR-22 landing in the opposite direction made an evasive maneuver and a go around. I noticed I had landed downwind. I could not see the windsock from the air at all. I did not see the Cirrus in the pattern at all.Contributing factors: Lack of recent experience at untowered airports; difficulty seeing the windsock to confirm wind direction; unsatisfactory scan for traffic during pattern entry. Also; I usually wear a large set of sunglasses on top of my regular corrective lenses; but I did not wear the sunglasses that day; which may have contributed to a poor scan due to glare and light sensitivity.Corrective actions: Extensive and thorough re-training both on the ground and in flight with a qualified CFI at both towered and non-towered airports to refresh situational awareness; communications skills; and pattern procedures.Human performance considerations:Did not scan the pattern visually thoroughly enough before entering. Did not get a good look at the wind sock. Poor decision to not wear the sunglasses. Classic example of a lack of situational awareness. I will go through thorough re-training to prevent this from happening again.
C172 pilot reported encountering an SR22 landing opposite direction at BOW. The other aircraft executed a go-around.