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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1543409 | 
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 | 
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 | 
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport | 
| State Reference | US | 
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC | 
| Light | Daylight | 
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA40 Diamond Star | 
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 | 
| Flight Phase | Takeoff | 
| Route In Use | None | 
| Flight Plan | VFR | 
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Robinson R22 | 
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 | 
| Flight Phase | Landing | 
| Route In Use | None | 
| Flight Plan | VFR | 
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying  | 
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private | 
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 61 Flight Crew Type 61  | 
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence  | 
| Miss Distance | Vertical 10 | 
Narrative:
While I was finishing up the run up; my instructor notified me that I should find another route because of a thunderstorm rolling into my original destination. While taxiing to the 360 check; I was feeling pretty stressed since there was a lot of things going on in my mind. I was thinking about how I should go to my new destination and after that I checked for any traffic while doing the 360. I did not see anything so I checked my ads-B but I did not see anything. I must have missed the helicopter on the ads-B. I went to the hold short for runway 35 and I looked both ways and it looked like I was clear so I announced that I was taking the runway for take-off. As soon as I got onto the runway; all of my attention went into my plane but I heard a helicopter call and I thought they said parallel for runway 35 since that is what they always did while I was in the pattern. It turned out they did a landing on 35 which I've never encountered. When I started to take off; it looked like they were doing a parallel which confirmed what I thought I heard; so I went with the take-off but when I checked again about 1000 feet off the ground; they were under me so I tried to climb as fast as I could.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DA40 pilot reported a NMAC during take off from a non-towered airport.
Narrative: While I was finishing up the run up; my instructor notified me that I should find another route because of a thunderstorm rolling into my original destination. While taxiing to the 360 check; I was feeling pretty stressed since there was a lot of things going on in my mind. I was thinking about how I should go to my new destination and after that I checked for any traffic while doing the 360. I did not see anything so I checked my ADS-B but I did not see anything. I must have missed the helicopter on the ADS-B. I went to the hold short for Runway 35 and I looked both ways and it looked like I was clear so I announced that I was taking the runway for take-off. As soon as I got onto the runway; all of my attention went into my plane but I heard a helicopter call and I thought they said parallel for Runway 35 since that is what they always did while I was in the pattern. It turned out they did a landing on 35 which I've never encountered. When I started to take off; it looked like they were doing a parallel which confirmed what I thought I heard; so I went with the take-off but when I checked again about 1000 feet off the ground; they were under me so I tried to climb as fast as I could.
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.