A helicopter pilot reported a near miss on takeoff with a single engine fixed wing aircraft at 61B (...

Attributes
ACN	861400
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	61B.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 50

Narrative:

I was number two for takeoff. I called on radio. No reply for the last minute. I scanned; I called on radio again; and decided the other person aborted their takeoff; so I went ahead and took off. I work near lots of helicopter and fixed wing aircraft on this airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot reported a near miss on takeoff with a single engine fixed wing aircraft at 61B (Boulder City).

Narrative: I was number two for takeoff. I called on radio. No reply for the last minute. I scanned; I called on radio again; and decided the other person aborted their takeoff; so I went ahead and took off. I work near lots of helicopter and fixed wing aircraft on this airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A helicopter pilot reported a near miss on takeoff with a single engine fixed wing aircraft at 61B (boulder city).