An instructor pilot noted a helicopter air taxied from the tmb fuel pit spot 2 to spot 1 and its dow...

Attributes
ACN	1009190
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TMB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 810
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was fueling my aircraft at the general aviation self-serve fuel. A helicopter had been fueling ahead of me. They started up at the pump and began a taxi/hover from there to spot 2 (next to air sal). They made their taxi between the buildings and the airplanes. I watched as they hovered past each airplane (approximately 5-7 aircraft). They taxied by a 172 and 182 first; each tail nearly striking the ground. Each subsequent airplane on the way was aggressively shaken around and also nearly struck the ground. The helicopter should have gone to the main taxiway and asked for a taxi from spot 2 to spot 1 via taxiway alpha. I don't believe it is a safe nor respectful practice to taxi in the manner they did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Instructor pilot noted a helicopter air taxied from the TMB fuel pit Spot 2 to Spot 1 and its down wash caused havoc with a line of parked aircraft as it flew over them.

Narrative: I was fueling my aircraft at the General Aviation self-serve fuel. A helicopter had been fueling ahead of me. They started up at the pump and began a taxi/hover from there to Spot 2 (next to AIR SAL). They made their taxi between the buildings and the airplanes. I watched as they hovered past each airplane (approximately 5-7 aircraft). They taxied by a 172 and 182 first; each tail nearly striking the ground. Each subsequent airplane on the way was aggressively shaken around and also nearly struck the ground. The helicopter should have gone to the main taxiway and asked for a taxi from Spot 2 to Spot 1 via Taxiway Alpha. I don't believe it is a safe nor respectful practice to taxi in the manner they did.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

An instructor pilot noted a helicopter air taxied from the tmb fuel pit spot 2 to spot 1 and its down wash caused havoc with a line of parked aircraft as it flew over them.