G550 captain reported he was unable to clear the runway in lax at the ATC cleared exit because the c...

Attributes
ACN	1389015
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Gulfstream V / G500 / G550
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

We were landing lax on runway 25L at night. Traffic was very busy and we were following traffic in and did not get landing clearance until very short final. After touchdown; we rolled out as we had briefed to exit left on A7. Coming upon and almost abeam taxiway H4; ATC requested us to exit right on H4 due to landing traffic behind us. We determined it was not safe to comply with the last minute ATC instruction and continued to turn left on A7 without delay. An airliner landed on 25L behind us with no problems but it was tight. I believe it's important to be aware of traffic around you but in this case with the high work load; last minute clearance to land (which we were focused on); and a long international flight (12 hours and fatigued) we did not realize it was as tight behind us as it was. ATC needs to do a better job of communicating that and if they would like us to exit a certain point to request that sooner than almost abeam the requested taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: G550 Captain reported he was unable to clear the runway in LAX at the ATC cleared exit because the clearance came too late to comply with.

Narrative: We were landing LAX on runway 25L at night. Traffic was very busy and we were following traffic in and did not get landing clearance until very short final. After touchdown; we rolled out as we had briefed to exit left on A7. Coming upon and almost abeam taxiway H4; ATC requested us to exit right on H4 due to landing traffic behind us. We determined it was not safe to comply with the last minute ATC instruction and continued to turn left on A7 without delay. An airliner landed on 25L behind us with no problems but it was tight. I believe it's important to be aware of traffic around you but in this case with the high work load; last minute clearance to land (which we were focused on); and a long international flight (12 hours and fatigued) we did not realize it was as tight behind us as it was. ATC needs to do a better job of communicating that and if they would like us to exit a certain point to request that sooner than almost abeam the requested 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.

G550 captain reported he was unable to clear the runway in lax at the ATC cleared exit because the clearance came too late to comply with.