<< >> NASA ASRS Report 935650, March 2011

A PA28 airborne on a takeoff roll and an experimental aircraft pilot reported a near midair collision at X26 after the experimental aircraft pilot unknowingly entered the active and taxied the opposite direction thinking he was on a taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	935650
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	X26.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10.3 Flight Crew Total 810.4 Flight Crew Type 140
Person 2
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 10 Vertical 50

Narrative:

I was departing runway 8 at X26 when another low wing aircraft crossed the runway from right to left about 3/4 of the way down. I departed immediately behind another cherokee and I announced my departure on frequency. I monitored the frequency carefully and that pilot never announced his intentions. I was already at rotation speed and I felt it safer to take off rather than abort. The aircraft actually ended up turning onto the runway opposite direction to my departure. The aircraft stayed to the north side of the runway and I stayed to the south side of the runway and I was over 50 ft high when we passed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 airborne on a takeoff roll and an experimental aircraft pilot reported a NMAC at X26 after the experimental aircraft pilot unknowingly entered the active and taxied the opposite direction thinking he was on a taxiway.

Narrative: I was departing Runway 8 at X26 when another low wing aircraft crossed the runway from right to left about 3/4 of the way down. I departed immediately behind another Cherokee and I announced my departure on frequency. I monitored the frequency carefully and that pilot never announced his intentions. I was already at rotation speed and I felt it safer to take off rather than abort. The aircraft actually ended up turning onto the runway opposite direction to my departure. The aircraft stayed to the north side of the runway and I stayed to the south side of the runway and I was over 50 FT high when we passed.

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.