Corporate jet flight crew reported taking evasive action to avoid a ground collision with snow remov...

Attributes
ACN	1512245
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PWM.Airport
State Reference	ME
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor Check Pilot Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

Taxiing on taxiway a as we got close to taxiway D; one suv and two small snow plow machines pulled out in front of us; then went to edge of taxiway D as we continued taxi. Snow equipment came towards us. I had to veer to left to avoid collision. We let ground control know what happened and [they] gave us phone number to contact.snowplow driver needs to look behind before going backwards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate jet flight crew reported taking evasive action to avoid a ground collision with snow removal equipment.

Narrative: Taxiing on Taxiway A as we got close to Taxiway D; one SUV and two small snow plow machines pulled out in front of us; then went to edge of Taxiway D as we continued taxi. Snow equipment came towards us. I had to veer to left to avoid collision. We let ground control know what happened and [they] gave us phone number to contact.Snowplow driver needs to look behind before going backwards.

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.