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C208B pilot reported rejecting the takeoff when another aircraft announced departure on the opposite direction runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1353880 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 208B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
Runway incursion requiring aborted take-off ground roll. Clear skies; clear ground; full length runway visibility. I made two unicom announcements. 'ZZZ; [call sign] ready for 26.' crossed hold short; lined up; '[call sign] departing 26 on the roll; ZZZ' at about 40kts and 1000 ft down 26; [the other aircraft] announces '[call sign] departing 8' actions taken: immediate abort take off to full stop; full reverse/beta. '[I] was rolling on 26 what are you doing?' [the other aircraft] then made a 180 at the 8 and taxied off saying 'oh; ok; you go ahead' witness at the west end saw and heard the incident and commented to me later during fueling. This is the third incident (first for me). This same incident has happened [to other pilots]. No injuries.previous attempts to communicate with [the pilot of the other aircraft] post flight on the ground are ineffective; he quickly becomes angry; denies any wrong doing and resorts to violence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C208B pilot reported rejecting the takeoff when another aircraft announced departure on the opposite direction runway.
Narrative: Runway incursion requiring aborted take-off ground roll. Clear Skies; Clear ground; full length runway visibility. I made two unicom announcements. 'ZZZ; [call sign] ready for 26.' Crossed hold short; lined up; '[call sign] departing 26 on the roll; ZZZ' at about 40kts and 1000 ft down 26; [the other aircraft] announces '[call sign] departing 8' Actions taken: Immediate abort take off to full stop; full reverse/beta. '[I] was rolling on 26 what are you doing?' [The other aircraft] then made a 180 at the 8 and taxied off saying 'oh; ok; you go ahead' Witness at the west end saw and heard the incident and commented to me later during fueling. This is the third incident (first for me). This same incident has happened [to other pilots]. No injuries.Previous attempts to communicate with [the pilot of the other aircraft] post flight on the ground are ineffective; he quickly becomes angry; denies any wrong doing and resorts to violence.
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.