The pilot of a C421 observed a regional carrier approaching the runway during his takeoff roll. He w...

Narrative:

I made my CTAF call that I was on the take off roll on for right closed traffic. Upon reaching about 40 knots I noticed a [bombardier] Q400 taxing out from the commercial terminal. I said to myself; 'surely they will stop. I made my radio calls and they are airline pilots. They will stop.' well; they did not stop. They started to cross my runway as I was reaching about 80 knots. If I rejected the take off there was a chance; on the wet runway; that I would have slid into them should they have slowed their taxi or stopped on the runway. So I proceeded with my take off roll. I then rotated a bit early; and as I flew over their previous taxi path across the runway that I was on their tail was clearing the runway. I estimate my aircraft was about 100 feet above them; or less. The pilots made no radio calls - at least none that anyone heard on CTAF with both me and the FBO monitoring the frequency; nor did they evidently hear my calls. Nor did they look before crossing a runway at an uncontrolled field as all my lights were on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The Pilot of a C421 observed a Regional Carrier approaching the runway during his takeoff roll. He was surprised to find them crossing in front of him; but elected to rotate early rather than attempt to reject the takeoff.

Narrative: I made my CTAF call that I was on the take off roll on for right closed traffic. Upon reaching about 40 knots I noticed a [Bombardier] Q400 taxing out from the commercial terminal. I said to myself; 'Surely they will stop. I made my radio calls and they are airline pilots. They will stop.' Well; they did not stop. They started to cross my runway as I was reaching about 80 knots. If I rejected the take off there was a chance; on the wet runway; that I would have slid into them should they have slowed their taxi or stopped on the runway. So I proceeded with my take off roll. I then rotated a bit early; and as I flew over their previous taxi path across the runway that I was on their tail was clearing the runway. I estimate my aircraft was about 100 feet above them; or less. The pilots made no radio calls - at least none that anyone heard on CTAF with both me and the FBO monitoring the frequency; nor did they evidently hear my calls. Nor did they look before crossing a runway at an uncontrolled field as all my lights were on.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	1100757
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Golden Eagle 421
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 100

The pilot of a C421 observed a regional carrier approaching the runway during his takeoff roll. He was surprised to find them crossing in front of him; but elected to rotate early rather than attempt to reject the takeoff.