Aircraft

When I looked back up, a plane was crossing ahead of me, right to left, same altitude, climbing, approximately 300 feet away. Seems that as I was descending on about a 060 heading, it was climbing and turning left slowly, causing it to be out of my sight until it got close to my altitude (visibility down and right is rather bad in a Cessna 182 since the door obscures the view).

An airworthiness directive for inspections of other C182 airplanes should be considered, checking for friction marks or other evidence of damage to the associated plates and components.

I look back and wish I had said something on the comms to make sure we stayed clear of each other, but in the moment I was concerned about getting down and the safety of my student.

When I called in the controller explained that the other aircraft actually reported it as a strike and that after inspecting their plane he found a tire mark on the top of his wing.

Dangerous non-towered operations are common at KSOP and I have so previously reported. Something needs to be done before someone gets killed.

The pilot of the other aircraft got on the radio and said “so you landed while we were still on the runway.” I responded with “Do you know that your beacon and your white light are out, we could not see you.”

I applied brakes to position the aircraft onto the taxiway however it felt like my shoes slipped off the brake and the airplane rolled onto the grassy area.

This is the second near mid-air collision I’ve experienced at this facility within the last three weeks. In the other incident, the controller also admitted 100% fault due to a loss of situational awareness on the east side of the airport.

I trusted Tower to separate me from wake turbulence because this was my second solo and I was focused on learning how to fly solo.