Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 2 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70; Flight Crew Total 10850; Flight Crew Type 3000
Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown; Time Pressure
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Ground Excursion Ramp
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Weather; Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related
While departing 88NV (Burning Man event) in Black Rock; NV in near 0-0 wind/dust/sand storm conditions inadvertently departed a portion of the makeshift unmarked taxiway. Right at rotation saw another aircraft ahead stopped either on or just before the makeshift runway - turned left to avoid overflying aircraft.
A light twin pilot departing the 88NV (Burning Man) dirt strip in a dust storm realized at rotation that he was on a taxiway and turned left to avoid overflying an aircraft on the taxiway.