A GA PVT PLT HAS AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER GA ACFT; OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC; ON AN OCCUPIED RWY AT A NON TWR ARPT; CEU; SC.

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THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED AT CLEMSON OCONEE COUNTY ARPT ON JAN/TUE/02 AT APPROX XA30 FOR A VFR DEP. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND CONDITIONS WERE CLR WITH VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 20 MI. I MADE A TAXI CALL AND THEN TAXIED TO THE INTXN NEAREST TO END OF RWY 25. I LOOKED IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND SAW NO TFC. THE SUN SETS AT APPROX THIS TIME OF DAY OFF THE END OF RWY 25. I MADE A RADIO CALL BEFORE DEP. I DID NOT HEAR ANYONE ELSE MAKING DEP RADIO CALLS. AS I BEGAN ROLLING DOWN THE RWY; ANOTHER ACFT PASSED OVERHEAD. I WOULD ESTIMATE THE DISTANCE AT APPROX 150-200 FT ABOVE MY POS ON THE RWY. AFTER DEP; I TRIED TO CONTACT THE OTHER PLT TO EXPLAIN THAT I HAD NOT HEARD HIS DEP CALL. I ALSO CALLED THE FBO AT CLEMSON ON JAN/WED/02 TO EXPLAIN THE OCCURRENCE OF THIS EVENT. AS YOU ARE AWARE; A NEW TXWY TO RWY 7 HAS BEEN BUILT. TRADITIONALLY; DEP FROM RWY 25 WAS SAFER AND MORE CONVENIENT BECAUSE NO BACK-TAXI WAS REQUIRED. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE SUN IS AN IMPEDIMENT TO VISUALIZATION OF RWY 25 AT THIS TIME OF DAY. IF WIND OR OTHER FACTORS ARE NOT A CONSIDERATION; IT IS MY INTENTION TO USE RWY 7 AT THAT TIME OF DAY IN THE FUTURE.