A student pilot in an single engine beechcraft rejected a takeoff when he spotted a B-767 cross the ...

Attributes
ACN	1290954
Time
Date	201508
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Beechcraft Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Trainee
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While holding short for a while at runway 3 at A9 I received a clearance to line up and wait. I read back the line-up and wait clearance and taxied on to the runway. As I taxied on to the runway I somehow got the idea that I was cleared for take off; instead of line-up and wait. At the same time; a boeing 767 was being cleared to cross the runway. When I aligned myself with the runway; I did see the boeing 767 near the runway; but assumed it was holding short. I set take-off power and started the take-off roll. I still had visual contact with the boeing 767 and saw that it was not holding short; but that it was crossing the runway. I aborted the take-off and notified the tower. The tower replied by saying that I was cleared to line-up and wait rather than take-off. I vacated the runway at A8 and contacted ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Student Pilot in an single engine Beechcraft rejected a takeoff when he spotted a B-767 cross the runway downfield. He had been cleared to line up and wait but thought he had been cleared for takeoff.

Narrative: While Holding short for a while at Runway 3 at A9 I received a clearance to line up and wait. I read back the line-up and wait clearance and taxied on to the runway. As I taxied on to the runway I somehow got the idea that I was cleared for take off; instead of line-up and wait. At the same time; a Boeing 767 was being cleared to cross the runway. When I aligned myself with the runway; I did see the Boeing 767 near the runway; but assumed it was holding short. I set take-off power and started the take-off roll. I still had visual contact with the Boeing 767 and saw that it was not holding short; but that it was crossing the runway. I aborted the take-off and notified the tower. The tower replied by saying that I was cleared to line-up and wait rather than take-off. I vacated the runway at A8 and contacted ground.

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.

A student pilot in an single engine beechcraft rejected a takeoff when he spotted a B-767 cross the runway downfield. He had been cleared to line up and wait but thought he had been cleared for takeoff.