A PVT PLT USES THE RAMP AT KEARNEY MUNI ARPT FOR A TKOF INSTEAD OF USING RWY 36. THE WIND WAS FROM THE NW AT 40 KTS AND THE PLT WAS AFRAID THAT A DOWNWIND TAXI AND TURN INTO THE WIND MIGHT FLIP HIS ACFT OVER. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 2 FBO PERSONNEL. THE ARPT MGR TURNED HIM IN TO THE FAA.

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ON THE MORNING IN QUESTION; THERE WAS A HVY SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THE DEP WAS DELAYED FROM THE USUAL AB30 OR AC00 MORNING TIME UNTIL THE WX CLRED. THE WX WAS ABOUT 700 FT BROKEN; 2000 FT BROKEN; AS I RECALL AT THE TIME OF DEP; WITH AN IMPROVING TREND AS THE SYS MOVED EASTWARD. I FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN AS THERE WAS FORECAST TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF IFR CONDITIONS IN PLACES TO THE W; ALTHOUGH THE DEST AND EVERYTHING JUST W OF KEARNEY WAS ALREADY CLR. THE HIGH WIND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FRONT HAD NOT DISSIPATED AND WAS IN THE RANGE OF 40 MPH. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PLANE MIGHT BE FLIPPED OVER BY A GUST OF WIND ON THE WAY TO RWY 36; WHICH WOULD REQUIRE TAXING WITH THE WIND WHICH WAS COMING FROM THE NW AND THEN TURNING ABOUT 135 DEGS TO LINE UP FOR RWY 36. I ASKED MR X TO MEET ME AT THE HANGAR; AND HE DID SO WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND HELPED ME GET THE PLANE OUT. I ASKED HIM IF HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO DEPART FROM THE RAMP SO THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE TURNOUT IN THE OPEN AT THE APCH END OF RWY 36. HE AGREED THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN AND WITH MR X ON THE UPWIND WING AND HIS EMPLOYEE ON THE DOWNWIND WING AND MYSELF AND 2 PAX IN THE PLANE; WE CAUTIOUSLY TAXIED S ON THE TXWY CONNECTING THE S HANGAR TO THE APCH END OF RWY 36; A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO ALLOW FOR SAFE NBOUND DEP; BUT STILL SOMEWHAT SHELTERED BY THE HANGAR BUILDING ITSELF. I CHOSE THE DEP POINT BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE RELATIVE CALM SE OF THE HANGAR; BUT WOULD ALLOW ME IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE STRONG NW WIND; AND THEREFORE A SHORT TKOF AND ALLOW ME PASSAGE EITHER TO THE L OR THE R SIDE OF THE T-HANGARS WHICH WERE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS N OF THE S HANGAR. WHILE DOING THE RUNUP; I DID NOTE A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE COMING S ON PARALLEL TXWY TO RWY 18/36 WITH AN ORANGE WARNING FLASHER RUNNING. THAT VEHICLE TURNED N NEAR THE S END OF THE TXWY; PASSED IN FRONT OF ME AS I WAS AIMED N AND PREPARING TO DEPART AND WENT ON N PAST MY POS TOWARD THE OPEN DOORS OF THE S HANGAR. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL; HE DID NOT ACT LIKE HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME OR HAD ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT HE SO CLOSELY OBSERVED. WHEN THAT VEHICLE WAS CLR AND AFTER I HAD RECEIVED IFR CLRNC; I DEPARTED TOWARD THE NW; DIRECTLY TOWARD THE T-HANGARS WITH THE INTENTION OF TURNING EITHER TO THE L OR THE R OF THEM; DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ALT I HAD; AS GOING TO THE R WOULD PUT ME MORE OVER THE NORMAL DEP PATH; BUT PUTTING ME L WOULD ALLOW ME TO POINT THE PLANE DIRECTLY INTO THE STRONG WIND. AS ANTICIPATED; THE TKOF RUN WAS SHORT AND I THOUGHT I HAD SUFFICIENT ALT -- BY THE TIME I GOT NEAR THE BLOCKING AFFECT OF THE T-HANGARS TO BE ABLE TO TURN A LITTLE R; LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF THE WIND; BUT TAKING A COURSE OVER THE MORE TYPICALLY USED PORTION OF THE ARPT. I DID NOT FLY OVER THE T-HANGARS. THE DEP AND FLT WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL. I WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN ON ANYONE'S PART UNTIL A DAY OR 2 LATER WHEN MY SON; WHO IS TAKING FLYING LESSONS; SAID THAT THERE WAS TALK AROUND THE ARPT ABOUT THE APR MGR FILING SOME KIND OF COMPLAINT ABOUT ME AND REQUIRING MR X TO PROVIDE DETAILS. I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS IN ANY DIRECT MANNER. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING DETAILS OF THE DEP ON FEB/XA/99; I DON'T KNOW; AT THIS TIME; WHO IS CONCERNED OR WHAT ABOUT. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS; I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANSWERS OR IF THE CONCERNED INDIVIDUAL WISHES TO CONTACT ME; IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT WITH ME IF YOU GAVE HIM MY NAME AND NUMBER. I DID LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE ARPT MGR ON HIS MESSAGE MACHINE IN CASE HE WAS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING WITH ME. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE ELSE CONCERNING THIS.