Distracted by having to taxi by another aircraft at the mid runway intersection at which he was clea...

Narrative:

I was told to taxi to 17; at intersection delta for an intersection takeoff. There was a cessna 172 in front of me that was blocking the intersection; and the controller asked him to move so I could take off. I had to carefully maneuver around the 172; as he was in the intersection. As I was doing so; I was told that I was clear to take off on 17; by the ground controller. As I was pulling around the 172; I had to swing wide and it oriented me to take off on 35; which I did. I guess having to maneuver around the 172 distracted me enough to take off on 35; the wrong way. I did not notice my mistake until the tower controller (same guy) asked what direction I was flying. I told him northeast and then he asked at what altitude and I told him 11;500 and that was all that was discussed. Contributing factors were that I was very tired from an intense business meeting that lasted all day; and the lack of sleep from the night before. Being cleared to take off by ground control momentarily surprised me.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Distracted by having to taxi by another aircraft at the mid runway intersection at which he was cleared for takeoff; the pilot of a BE60 took off to the north vice the south as cleared. Believes the takeoff clearance was delivered on the Ground Control frequency.

Narrative: I was told to taxi to 17; at intersection Delta for an intersection takeoff. There was a Cessna 172 in front of me that was blocking the intersection; and the Controller asked him to move so I could take off. I had to carefully maneuver around the 172; as he was in the intersection. As I was doing so; I was told that I was clear to take off on 17; by the Ground Controller. As I was pulling around the 172; I had to swing wide and it oriented me to take off on 35; which I did. I guess having to maneuver around the 172 distracted me enough to take off on 35; the wrong way. I did not notice my mistake until the Tower Controller (same guy) asked what direction I was flying. I told him northeast and then he asked at what altitude and I told him 11;500 and that was all that was discussed. Contributing factors were that I was very tired from an intense business meeting that lasted all day; and the lack of sleep from the night before. Being cleared to take off by ground control momentarily surprised me.

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.

Attributes
ACN	871346
Time
Date	201001
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Duke 60
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 3275 Flight Crew Type 600
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

Distracted by having to taxi by another aircraft at the mid runway intersection at which he was cleared for takeoff; the pilot of a BE60 took off to the north vice the south as cleared. Believes the takeoff clearance was delivered on the ground control frequency.