Narrative:

Picked up clearance from center on taxi out. Made all appropriate traffic advisory calls on unicom frequency and monitored for several minutes while we waited for our release from center. Prior to takeoff first officer made traffic advisory call and after checking TCAS and looking for traffic in both directions we started our takeoff roll on runway 25. Captain was pilot flying. Takeoff was made into the sun which made seeing traffic ( single engine cessna ) impossible until it descended below the tree line at the departure end of 25. We aborted at 60 KTS and cessna went around right before touching down on runway 7. We spoke with center and they assured us they never saw the traffic on their radar. After observing brake cooling limitations we departed without further incident. First officer spoke with cessna pilot who admitted to having radio problems. Cessna pilot said he made several calls inbound. We heard several 'staticy' calls made and my mistake and assumption was that those calls were being made by aircraft from nearby airports using the same unicom frequency. The cessna did not have a transponder that showed up on our TCAS and ATC said they never saw the traffic on their radar. So a combination of bad radios; no transponder and taking off into the sun caused this near miss. Only good timing was on our side. Taking off 30 seconds sooner maybe have produced a whole different outcome.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Regional jet Captain reports rejecting takeoff at BQK after observing a single engine Cessna on short final landing opposite direction. Cessna pilot executes a go around.

Narrative: Picked up clearance from Center on taxi out. Made all appropriate traffic advisory calls on UNICOM frequency and monitored for several minutes while we waited for our release from Center. Prior to takeoff First Officer made traffic advisory call and after checking TCAS and looking for traffic in both directions we started our takeoff roll on Runway 25. Captain was Pilot Flying. Takeoff was made into the sun which made seeing traffic ( single engine Cessna ) impossible until it descended below the tree line at the departure end of 25. We aborted at 60 KTS and Cessna went around right before touching down on Runway 7. We spoke with Center and they assured us they never saw the traffic on their radar. After observing brake cooling limitations we departed without further incident. First Officer spoke with Cessna pilot who admitted to having radio problems. Cessna pilot said he made several calls inbound. We heard several 'staticy' calls made and my mistake and assumption was that those calls were being made by aircraft from nearby airports using the same UNICOM frequency. The Cessna did not have a transponder that showed up on our TCAS and ATC said they never saw the traffic on their radar. So a combination of bad radios; no transponder and taking off into the sun caused this near miss. Only good timing was on our side. Taking off 30 seconds sooner maybe have produced a whole different outcome.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.