Helicopter pilot reported an near midair collision after taking off from fnl when he failed to spot ...

Attributes
ACN	1272241
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	FNL.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 4185
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 200

Narrative:

While taking off from hangar area at fnl I crossed the runway in front of an airplane on final approach. I was about 250 feet on climbout when I looked right again saw him. I continued climbing. I believe he was obscured (blended into houses) on his north side. Traffic was landing runway 15.I was taking a checkride so a lot of my attention was focused on that (butterflies in stomach). I had initially lifted out of a confined area of hangars south bound to avoid aircraft on ramp then turned westbound to go to test ride area.[I] had slept in terminal overnight on way to get helicopter. [It took a] day and half to get to fnl. Some fatigue may be a factor. Some static on unicom.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter pilot reported an NMAC after taking off from FNL when he failed to spot conflicting traffic that was on final for runway 15.

Narrative: While taking off from hangar area at FNL I crossed the runway in front of an airplane on final approach. I was about 250 feet on climbout when I looked right again saw him. I continued climbing. I believe he was obscured (blended into houses) on his north side. Traffic was landing runway 15.I was taking a checkride so a lot of my attention was focused on that (butterflies in stomach). I had initially lifted out of a confined area of hangars south bound to avoid aircraft on ramp then turned westbound to go to test ride area.[I] had slept in terminal overnight on way to get helicopter. [It took a] day and half to get to FNL. Some fatigue may be a factor. Some static on unicom.

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Helicopter pilot reported an near midair collision after taking off from fnl when he failed to spot conflicting traffic that was on final for runway 15.