A small airplane pilot was given a 'position and hold' on rhv's runway 31R. After one to two minutes...

Attributes
ACN	867326
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RHV.Tower
State Reference	CA
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	Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9 Flight Crew Total 168
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

Tower '31R position and hold.' a very long time passed; 1 or 2 minutes and there was nothing on the runway in front of me. Tower cleared my takeoff. At rotation tower commanded to abort takeoff. I made the full stop with lots of rubber. I then looked up and saw another plane flying missed. I believe what happened was when I was 'position and hold;' I was forgotten about. I was about to call tower to sat 'still holding' when I was cleared takeoff 31R. I think another plane was cleared to land 31R and I was commanded to abort. Nobody landed behind me; but there was a plane overhead. I don't know whether it was a close call or not. I think the plane overhead was on 'go-around.' there was no clear infraction from tower what happened. I would like to know if something unsafe happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A small airplane pilot was given a 'Position and Hold' on RHV's Runway 31R. After one to two minutes of holding in position a takeoff clearance was issued followed by a mandatory 'Abort' as the pilot rotated because of an aircraft directly over his aircraft.

Narrative: Tower '31R position and hold.' A very long time passed; 1 or 2 minutes and there was nothing on the runway in front of me. Tower cleared my takeoff. At rotation Tower commanded to abort takeoff. I made the full stop with lots of rubber. I then looked up and saw another plane flying missed. I believe what happened was when I was 'position and hold;' I was forgotten about. I was about to call Tower to sat 'still holding' when I was cleared takeoff 31R. I think another plane was cleared to land 31R and I was commanded to abort. Nobody landed behind me; but there was a plane overhead. I don't know whether it was a close call or not. I think the plane overhead was on 'go-around.' There was no clear infraction from Tower what happened. I would like to know if something unsafe happened.

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 small airplane pilot was given a 'position and hold' on rhv's runway 31R. After one to two minutes of holding in position a takeoff clearance was issued followed by a mandatory 'abort' as the pilot rotated because of an aircraft directly over his aircraft.