<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1572889, August 2018

GA pilot reported a near near midair collision while departing with opposite-direction landing traffic at non-towered field.

Attributes
ACN	1572889
Time
Date	201808
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	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical
Miss Distance	Vertical 50

Narrative:

I had been flying nonstop [for about 4 hours] until the incident on runway xx at ZZZ airport. WX was beautiful. All traffic was using runway xx all that morning as the winds were favoring that runway. When I approached the runway I made a radio call on unicom that I was taking active for takeoff; I saw and heard nothing. During my takeoff roll at about liftoff I heard someone on the radio say something about a conflict. It was too late to abort in a tailwheel airplane with a high pressure altitude so I took off as my best option. A few seconds later I went over the top of aircraft Y. It was so small so I guess that is why I never saw it on short final head on. I apologized to the pilot but heard nothing back. I really felt bad but I never heard a radio call nor saw an airplane. From now on I will ask if anyone is in the pattern at an uncontrolled field before takeoff.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported a near NMAC while departing with opposite-direction landing traffic at non-towered field.

Narrative: I had been flying nonstop [for about 4 hours] until the incident on runway XX at ZZZ airport. WX was beautiful. All traffic was using runway XX all that morning as the winds were favoring that runway. When I approached the runway I made a radio call on Unicom that I was taking active for takeoff; I saw and heard nothing. During my takeoff roll at about liftoff I heard someone on the radio say something about a conflict. It was too late to abort in a tailwheel airplane with a high pressure altitude so I took off as my best option. A few seconds later I went over the top of Aircraft Y. It was so small so I guess that is why I never saw it on short final head on. I apologized to the pilot but heard nothing back. I really felt bad but I never heard a radio call nor saw an airplane. From now on I will ask if anyone is in the pattern at an uncontrolled field before takeoff.

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.