Ground employee reported a near ground collision with a taxiing aircraft while moving an airstart ma...

Narrative:

Aircraft X was taxiing down taxiway toward gate. The conditions were dark and raining. Rain was actively falling and the wind was sending the rain in all directions. I was pulling an airstart machine with an electric tractor across the taxiway in the designated lanes. There was a plane coming from the north from which I did not see until the very last minute. The approaching plane did not have any taxi lights on at all. The plane was noticed at the last minute and I had to go in another direction to avoid the plane and to avert a head on collision.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground employee reported a near ground collision with a taxiing aircraft while moving an airstart machine with an electric tractor.

Narrative: Aircraft X was taxiing down taxiway toward Gate. The conditions were dark and raining. Rain was actively falling and the wind was sending the rain in all directions. I was pulling an airstart machine with an electric tractor across the taxiway in the designated lanes. There was a plane coming from the north from which I did not see until the very last minute. The approaching plane did not have any taxi lights on at all. The plane was noticed at the last minute and I had to go in another direction to avoid the plane and to avert a head on collision.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1606823
Time
Date	201812
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Ramp
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy