<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1257471, April 2015

A pilot began the takeoff roll on sgs runway 16 after making the suggested CTAF communications; then aborted and exited the runway when another aircraft was seen taking off opposite direction.

Attributes
ACN	1257471
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SGS.Airport
State Reference	MN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After runup I tuned AWOS for another check of wind and altimeter setting. Wind was less than 4 knots so I announced departure on runway 16; which is the calm wind runway at fleming field (sgs). I did not hear any other traffic calls so I powered up. As the airplane began to roll I saw an aircraft departing runway 34. I pulled power; started braking; moved right to exit at closest taxiway. As I approached the taxiway the other aircraft cleared overhead.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot began the takeoff roll on SGS Runway 16 after making the suggested CTAF communications; then aborted and exited the runway when another aircraft was seen taking off opposite direction.

Narrative: After runup I tuned AWOS for another check of wind and altimeter setting. Wind was less than 4 knots so I announced departure on Runway 16; which is the calm wind runway at Fleming Field (SGS). I did not hear any other traffic calls so I powered up. As the airplane began to roll I saw an aircraft departing Runway 34. I pulled power; started braking; moved right to exit at closest taxiway. As I approached the taxiway the other aircraft cleared overhead.

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.