This is an excerpt from a report made to the Aviation Safety Reporting System. The narrative is written by the pilot, rather than FAA or NTSB officials. To maintain anonymity, many details, such as aircraft model or airport, are often scrubbed from the reports.
My student and I were on final approach to Runway 23 at Doylestown Airport (KDYL) in Pennsylvania.
We noted a maintenance guy working on the left side of the runway further downfield near Taxiway C. The worker was well outside of the runway safety area so my student and I continued the approach.
Upon landing and on the rollout, the worker entered the runway and walked slowly across, forcing us to use maximum braking action to prevent colliding with him, as a go-around was no longer a safe option due to minimal speed and obstacles to clear on departure.
A weather briefing was gathered. NOTAMs were also checked via our EFB and there was no mention of workers possibly being on the runway or near the runway safety environment.
Primary Problem: Airport
ACN: 1921604
I know this guy’s twin brother . . . he picked a fight with a policeman (yeah, that’s real clever) and got himself whacked over the head a couple of times. Judge made him write an apology “I’m sorry I got blood on your nightstick.” Since he wasn’t a US citizen, after he wrote the apology, he got deported. You can’t fix stupid, but sometimes you can send it far away.
Can’t fix stupid
Almost a Darwinian event.
Kudos.