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A helicopter instructor pilot departing from a non towered airport taxied onto a runway that was already occupied with a departing aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1737062 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Robinson R22 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 69 Flight Crew Total 333 Flight Crew Type 306 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Incursion Runway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1500 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
My student (on the right seat) and me (CFI; left seat) started the helicopter up after refueling. We picked it up at the fuel pit; turned around and made radio call that we are taxiing from fuel pit onto the runway (about middle of the runway). Before we taxied onto the runway we visually cleared our sides and we couldn't see any aircraft. Bright background and the sunlight was shining into our face. Once we entered the runway there was an airplane on the runway. I am not sure if it was at the end of the runway or not. It was about to take off. I took the controls of the helicopter and exited the runway back into the grass area where we came from. The airplane took off and made a radio call when it was on upwind. I do not remember hearing any other radio call.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Helicopter instructor pilot departing from a non towered airport taxied onto a runway that was already occupied with a departing aircraft.
Narrative: My student (on the right seat) and me (CFI; left seat) started the helicopter up after refueling. We picked it up at the fuel pit; turned around and made radio call that we are taxiing from fuel pit onto the runway (about middle of the runway). Before we taxied onto the runway we visually cleared our sides and we couldn't see any aircraft. Bright background and the sunlight was shining into our face. Once we entered the runway there was an airplane on the runway. I am not sure if it was at the end of the runway or not. It was about to take off. I took the controls of the helicopter and exited the runway back into the grass area where we came from. The airplane took off and made a radio call when it was on upwind. I do not remember hearing any other radio call.
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.