A C-182 pilot who; inadvertently tuned to the wrong unicom frequency; was passed on his takeoff roll...

Attributes
ACN	1021992
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LUM.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Piper Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Landing
Component
Aircraft Component	Air/Ground Communication
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1.5 Flight Crew Total 1565 Flight Crew Type 1560
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 700

Narrative:

After the preflight check I started the engine and taxied to the active runway 36. Prior to crossing runway 9-27 en route I stopped; looked and broadcast my intention to cross and back taxi on runway 9 on 122.8. I completed the back taxi and did my runup in the runup area at the end of runway 36. I again looked for landing traffic; called on unicom and entered runway 36.as I started my takeoff roll I noted a piper above and moving ahead of me. I wondered why he was there but figured it was someone being stupid or someone doing a go around. I stayed in ground effect until I could determine which way the piper would turn off the center-line of runway 36 then as he had pulled further ahead and to the left I turned right to the east gaining more separation.when I had climbed to 2;500 ft I pulled a chart from the backseat to double check the radio frequency. Then it hit me that I had been calling on the wrong frequency. Thus I had landed using an incorrect frequency on a weekend and had just reused it for this departure instead of the correct 122.7. The lesson I learned is to always recheck radio frequencies even though you have personally been the one who set them for an earlier flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C-182 pilot who; inadvertently tuned to the wrong unicom frequency; was passed on his takeoff roll by a Piper making a go around.

Narrative: After the preflight check I started the engine and taxied to the active Runway 36. Prior to crossing Runway 9-27 en route I stopped; looked and broadcast my intention to cross and back taxi on Runway 9 on 122.8. I completed the back taxi and did my runup in the runup area at the end of Runway 36. I again looked for landing traffic; called on Unicom and entered Runway 36.As I started my takeoff roll I noted a Piper above and moving ahead of me. I wondered why he was there but figured it was someone being stupid or someone doing a go around. I stayed in ground effect until I could determine which way the Piper would turn off the center-line of Runway 36 then as he had pulled further ahead and to the left I turned right to the east gaining more separation.When I had climbed to 2;500 FT I pulled a chart from the backseat to double check the radio frequency. Then it hit me that I had been calling on the wrong frequency. Thus I had landed using an incorrect frequency on a weekend and had just reused it for this departure instead of the correct 122.7. The lesson I learned is to always recheck radio frequencies even though you have personally been the one who set them for an earlier flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A C-182 pilot who; inadvertently tuned to the wrong unicom frequency; was passed on his takeoff roll by a piper making a go around.