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Pilot of a small aircraft departing an uncontrolled airport reported a near miss with a helicopter departing at the same time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1443795 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EHR.Airport |
| State Reference | KY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 2023 Flight Crew Type 985 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
As I was preparing to land; a target was showing up on the TCAS on descent into ehr; I thought it was another plane; but it was not broadcasting. I tried to contact it with no response. I was able to activate the pilot controlled lighting on the CTAF; so I know [I] was tuned in to the right frequency. There was a helicopter on the ground when we landed.we unloaded some things. I announced my intentions to takeoff on the CTAF. There was no response. Shortly after I departed; a helicopter suddenly popped up within 200 feet of my plane. The helicopter was flying in the same direction as me parallel to my aircraft. I turned quickly to the right and continued climbing to create more distance between me and the helicopter. I tried contacting it on CTAF; but there was no answer. I never got a response from it. It did not register on my TCAS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot of a small aircraft departing an uncontrolled airport reported a near miss with a helicopter departing at the same time.
Narrative: As I was preparing to land; a target was showing up on the TCAS on descent into EHR; I thought it was another plane; but it was not broadcasting. I tried to contact it with no response. I was able to activate the pilot controlled lighting on the CTAF; so I know [I] was tuned in to the right frequency. There was a helicopter on the ground when we landed.We unloaded some things. I announced my intentions to takeoff on the CTAF. There was no response. Shortly after I departed; a helicopter suddenly popped up within 200 feet of my plane. The helicopter was flying in the same direction as me parallel to my aircraft. I turned quickly to the right and continued climbing to create more distance between me and the helicopter. I tried contacting it on CTAF; but there was no answer. I never got a response from it. It did not register on my TCAS.
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.