2000-01 · NASA ASRS report 460967
STUDENT PLT ON INITIAL SOLO AT UNCTLED ARPT HAS CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACFT TAKING OFF IN OPPOSING RWY DIRECTION.
THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO FLT. WE DID 2 FULL STOP TAXI BACKS USING RWY 16. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER PLANES IN THE PATTERN DURING THIS TIME. I LET MY INSTRUCTOR OUT AFTER THE SECOND LNDG AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO RWY 16. WIND DIRECTION WAS NEUTRAL; BUT SINCE WE AND OTHER ACFT HAD BEEN USING RWY 16; I STAYED WITH RWY 16. THERE WAS NO TFC IN THE PATTERN AT THIS TIME. RIGHT BEFORE I ROLLED ONTO RWY 16; I HEARD FAINT STATIC FILLED RADIO CALL ON CTAF. SINCE IT SOUNDED SO BAD; I THOUGHT IT WAS A DISTANT ACFT ENTERING THE VALLEY. I THEN ANNOUNCED I WAS ROLLING ONTO RWY 16 FOR TKOF. RIGHT AFTER THAT; THE OTHER ACFT ANNOUNCED THEY WERE TAKING OFF ON RWY 34. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TURN AROUND; BUT BEFORE I COULD; I SAW THE OTHER ACFT LIFTING OFF MIDWAY DOWN THE RWY. I STOPPED WHERE I WAS; WHICH WAS OVER TO THE L SIDE OF THE RWY NUMBERS. THE OTHER ACFT TURNED AWAY BEFORE IT FLEW OVER ME. THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD CALLED ON THE RADIO IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFIED THE OTHER ACFT; OR IF THE OTHER ACFT USED THE SAME RWY THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR THE LAST 30 MINS. THIS SAME ACFT HAD USED RWY 16 JUST 15 MINS PRIOR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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