A flight instructor reported beginning to exit the runway at an intersection when the pilot of anoth...

Attributes
ACN	1386765
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EFD.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 330 Flight Crew Type 215
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

Upon landing on runway 17R; I instructed my student to plan on exiting taxiway bravo. I informed the tower that we were able to exit on bravo and the tower said 'roger; contact ground when clear of the runway'. As soon as we exited the runway; I switched to ground control frequency and before I could say anything heard another pilot exclaim 'we're on bravo!' and they illuminated their landing light which caused me to instruct the student to stop the aircraft.it appears that the other aircraft was waiting to depart runway 17R at intersection bravo. I was unable to see the other aircraft due to the darkness. I also did not expect an aircraft to be at that taxiway for departure due to the angle it forms with the runway (a 45 degree right exit from runway 17R) and the tower did not mention anything when I stated that I could exit on bravo. Had the other aircraft not noticed us exiting the runway and illuminated us with their landing light; a head-on collision certainly would not have been out of the question. After coming to a stop I contacted the controller and asked for further instruction. They coordinated between our aircraft and the other aircraft and we were able to pass each other after the conflicting aircraft moved to the other side of the taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight instructor reported beginning to exit the runway at an intersection when the pilot of another aircraft warned them they were in their path already on the taxiway.

Narrative: Upon landing on Runway 17R; I instructed my student to plan on exiting Taxiway Bravo. I informed the tower that we were able to exit on Bravo and the tower said 'Roger; contact ground when clear of the runway'. As soon as we exited the runway; I switched to ground control frequency and before I could say anything heard another pilot exclaim 'We're on Bravo!' and they illuminated their landing light which caused me to instruct the student to stop the aircraft.It appears that the other aircraft was waiting to depart Runway 17R at intersection Bravo. I was unable to see the other aircraft due to the darkness. I also did not expect an aircraft to be at that taxiway for departure due to the angle it forms with the runway (a 45 degree right exit from Runway 17R) and the tower did not mention anything when I stated that I could exit on Bravo. Had the other aircraft not noticed us exiting the runway and illuminated us with their landing light; a head-on collision certainly would not have been out of the question. After coming to a stop I contacted the controller and asked for further instruction. They coordinated between our aircraft and the other aircraft and we were able to pass each other after the conflicting aircraft moved to the other side of the taxiway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.