Narrative:

While waiting for a clearance from eglin approach I had been monitoring the CTAF @ dts. I heard two separate aircraft make announcements; one was inbound from the west planning to cross midfield for the left downwind runway 14 and the second was crossing west to east along the coast at 500 ft. I made my announcement on the CTAF before taxiing onto runway 14; that I was 'departing runway 14 [on] runway heading.' my assigned clearance from eglin was runway heading till 400 ft and then left to a 090 degree heading before climbing to 2000 ft. I looked to my left to check final for 14 and then lined up on the center line for runway 14. I powered up and made another announcement that I was departing 14 after glancing at my gauges I looked up and ahead and noticed what appeared to be a single engine aircraft crossing the final for runway 32 from west to east. The small aircraft flew past center line to the east and then aligned itself for landing on 32. While still rolling I glanced to my right for a taxiway to exit and felt I was moving too fast to stop in time to clear off the runway so as I rotated I sidestepped to the left and the small aircraft passed off to my right and landed on runway 32. I never heard the aircraft make any announcements on the CTAF. I'm not sure if the aircraft was in an emergency situation and I realize the airport is uncontrolled so there is the chance that a radio call wasn't made or missed. I will be more vigilant in scanning the area before I commit to my takeoff. I have thought about my actions and have come up with other possible options in the event this were to ever arise again: if I am unable to make a taxiway; I could possibly power off and move to one side of the runway. The destin airport has a multitude of activity from all makes and models of aircraft and I feel there can never be enough scanning the airspace before taxiing onto the active and then again before powering up for takeoff.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A corporate turboprop Pilot on takeoff from DTS reported an NMAC with a light aircraft on approach to reciprocal runway.

Narrative: While waiting for a clearance from Eglin Approach I had been monitoring the CTAF @ DTS. I heard two separate aircraft make announcements; one was inbound from the west planning to cross midfield for the left downwind Runway 14 and the second was crossing west to east along the coast at 500 FT. I made my announcement on the CTAF before taxiing onto Runway 14; that I was 'departing Runway 14 [on] runway heading.' My assigned clearance from Eglin was runway heading till 400 FT and then left to a 090 degree heading before climbing to 2000 FT. I looked to my left to check final for 14 and then lined up on the center line for Runway 14. I powered up and made another announcement that I was departing 14 after glancing at my gauges I looked up and ahead and noticed what appeared to be a single engine aircraft crossing the final for Runway 32 from west to east. The small aircraft flew past center line to the east and then aligned itself for landing on 32. While still rolling I glanced to my right for a taxiway to exit and felt I was moving too fast to stop in time to clear off the runway so as I rotated I sidestepped to the left and the small aircraft passed off to my right and landed on Runway 32. I never heard the aircraft make any announcements on the CTAF. I'm not sure if the aircraft was in an emergency situation and I realize the airport is uncontrolled so there is the chance that a radio call wasn't made or missed. I will be more vigilant in scanning the area before I commit to my takeoff. I have thought about my actions and have come up with other possible options in the event this were to ever arise again: if I am unable to make a taxiway; I could possibly power off and move to one side of the runway. The Destin airport has a multitude of activity from all makes and models of aircraft and I feel there can never be enough scanning the airspace before taxiing onto the active and then again before powering up for takeoff.

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.