Narrative:

After hearing our tail number and cleared for take off runway 24; we entered the runway and began our take roll. Then tower said aircraft X 'hold on'. I aborted takeoff and turned left of the runway onto taxi way a. Then the controller claimed that I was not cleared for take off. The run up area had 4 aircraft including two jets all staged for take off making for a confusing take off sequence.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reports of being cleared for takeoff; then having it cancelled by ATC who tells him that they weren't cleared for takeoff.

Narrative: After hearing our tail number and cleared for take off runway 24; we entered the runway and began our take roll. Then Tower said Aircraft X 'Hold on'. I aborted takeoff and turned left of the runway onto taxi way A. Then the controller claimed that I was not cleared for take off. The run up area had 4 aircraft including two Jets all staged for take off making for a confusing take off sequence.

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.