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GA pilot reported a near near midair collision while departing with opposite-direction landing traffic at non-towered field.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1572889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
I had been flying nonstop [for about 4 hours] until the incident on runway xx at ZZZ airport. WX was beautiful. All traffic was using runway xx all that morning as the winds were favoring that runway. When I approached the runway I made a radio call on unicom that I was taking active for takeoff; I saw and heard nothing. During my takeoff roll at about liftoff I heard someone on the radio say something about a conflict. It was too late to abort in a tailwheel airplane with a high pressure altitude so I took off as my best option. A few seconds later I went over the top of aircraft Y. It was so small so I guess that is why I never saw it on short final head on. I apologized to the pilot but heard nothing back. I really felt bad but I never heard a radio call nor saw an airplane. From now on I will ask if anyone is in the pattern at an uncontrolled field before takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported a near NMAC while departing with opposite-direction landing traffic at non-towered field.
Narrative: I had been flying nonstop [for about 4 hours] until the incident on runway XX at ZZZ airport. WX was beautiful. All traffic was using runway XX all that morning as the winds were favoring that runway. When I approached the runway I made a radio call on Unicom that I was taking active for takeoff; I saw and heard nothing. During my takeoff roll at about liftoff I heard someone on the radio say something about a conflict. It was too late to abort in a tailwheel airplane with a high pressure altitude so I took off as my best option. A few seconds later I went over the top of Aircraft Y. It was so small so I guess that is why I never saw it on short final head on. I apologized to the pilot but heard nothing back. I really felt bad but I never heard a radio call nor saw an airplane. From now on I will ask if anyone is in the pattern at an uncontrolled field before takeoff.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.