B407 helicopter pilot reported evasive action was necessary to avoid a possible collision with a tax...

Attributes
ACN	1410201
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	HPN.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Jet Ranger All Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Gulfstream Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 184 Flight Crew Type 3260
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Ground cleared helicopter to taxi to F/K from non-movement area; once established to contact tower. [During] taxi; gulfstream taxied through K to the ramp at a high rate of speed - helicopter diverted back to the ramp to avoid oncoming traffic. Ground frequency controller apologized and stated that the gulfstream must still had been on tower frequency and they were unable to contact that aircraft.as the helicopter is very maneuverable; it was easy to avoid the gulfstream; however if the helicopter had been on wheels or a fixed wing; the outcome could not have been as great. It is a common occurrence at hpn for the tower controller to clear aircraft to taxi into the ramp 'with them' however it seems that sometimes there is a break in the communication between tower and ground controllers. Additionally; there seemed be a lot of excess noise in the background in the tower this evening.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B407 helicopter pilot reported evasive action was necessary to avoid a possible collision with a taxiing corporate jet.

Narrative: Ground cleared helicopter to taxi to F/K from non-movement area; once established to contact tower. [During] taxi; Gulfstream taxied through K to the ramp at a high rate of speed - helicopter diverted back to the ramp to avoid oncoming traffic. Ground frequency Controller apologized and stated that the Gulfstream must still had been on Tower frequency and they were unable to contact that aircraft.As the helicopter is very maneuverable; it was easy to avoid the Gulfstream; however if the helicopter had been on wheels or a fixed wing; the outcome could not have been as great. It is a common occurrence at HPN for the Tower Controller to clear aircraft to taxi into the ramp 'with them' however it seems that sometimes there is a break in the communication between Tower and Ground controllers. Additionally; there seemed be a lot of excess noise in the background in the Tower this evening.

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.