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A PA28R pilot reported an near midair collision after departing runway 14 at 7b2; a non-towered airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1267106 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201505 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 7B2.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 300 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7 Flight Crew Total 837 Flight Crew Type 27 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Narrative:
Day was clear and wind was calm. I was not sure which runway was active at 7b2 which is 14/32. I did a radio check and listened to unicom 122.7 for other people approaching and heard another airplane call his intention for runway 14. I was told previously that 14 was the runway preferred when the wind was calm at 7b2 by my flight instructor during complex operator training. I did my run-up and called my departure on runway 14. There was another airplane on downwind for 14 and I also called that I had the traffic in sight. I looked down and around to check for traffic and saw nobody else; so I made my departure. As I took off and was climbing; I saw another airplane below near the ground to my right going the opposite direction. I can only assume that he was landing on runway 32 and that I didn't see him. It was a dark colored green; and the approach of runway 32 faces a large green mountain so it might have been possible that I missed him because his color blended in with that mountain. I have to maintain that I did not hear any radio call from this plane; and that both one other plane and myself had made very clear calls for using runway 14.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28R pilot reported an NMAC after departing Runway 14 at 7B2; a non-Towered airport.
Narrative: Day was clear and wind was calm. I was not sure which runway was active at 7B2 which is 14/32. I did a radio check and listened to UNICOM 122.7 for other people approaching and heard another airplane call his intention for runway 14. I was told previously that 14 was the runway preferred when the wind was calm at 7B2 by my flight instructor during complex operator training. I did my run-up and called my departure on runway 14. There was another airplane on downwind for 14 and I also called that I had the traffic in sight. I looked down and around to check for traffic and saw nobody else; so I made my departure. As I took off and was climbing; I saw another airplane below near the ground to my right going the opposite direction. I can only assume that he was landing on runway 32 and that I didn't see him. It was a dark colored green; and the approach of Runway 32 faces a large green mountain so it might have been possible that I missed him because his color blended in with that mountain. I have to maintain that I did not hear any radio call from this plane; and that both one other plane and myself had made very clear calls for using Runway 14.
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.