2001-05 · NASA ASRS report 511600
A C-172 PLT ON LIFT OFF NORMALLY AVOIDS A BE36 WHO WAS ALSO ON RWY 30R FOR TKOF FROM MID-FIELD AT BFL; CA.
BFL-BAKERSFIELD; CA. AFTER RECEIVING ATIS; I RADIOED GND FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO RWY 30R. AFTER RUN UP AT RWY 30R; I CONTACTED TWR FOR TKOF INSTRUCTIONS. I WAS #2 BEHIND A KING AIR. AFTER THE KING AIR DEPARTED ON RWY 30R; I UNDERSTOOD THE CTLR TO SAY ACFT X; RWY 30R CLRED FOR TKOF. I PROCEEDED ONTO RWY 30R; I REPLIED 'ACFT X' ROLLING. AFTER I HAD LINED UP ON CENTER LINE RWY 30R; I THROTTLED UP AND WAS ROLLING AT 60 KTS; MY LIFT OFF SPEED; I NOTICED AN AIRPLANE ROLLING ONTO THE RWY IN FRONT OF ME MID FIELD. NOT FEELING I HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO ABORT. I LIFTED OFF AND AFTER REACHING A SAFE ALTITUDE; I MOVED TO MY RIGHT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RWY TO KEEP THE OTHER AIRPLANE IN SIGHT AND PROCEEDED TO CLB ON COURSE AT 300 DEGS. AFTER A SHORT TIME; I CONTACTED TWR AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL THE TWR VIA THE TELEPHONE FROM MY DESTINATION POINT. AFTER TALKING WITH MY PAX AND THE PLT IN THE ACFT FLYING WITH ME TO MER; THEY CONCURRED THAT THEY ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE CTLR TO SAY CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 30R. THE TWR WAS VERY BUSY WITH SEVERAL ACFT LINED UP FOR DEP AT RWY 30R. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE RADIO COMS AT THE TIME. THIS INCURSION WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE CTLR NOT ALLOWED A MID-FIELD TKOF AT THAT TIME.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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