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A general aviation aircraft following taxi instructions from ATC had to suddenly brake to avoid another aircraft taxiing into the same intersection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1732804 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FDK.Airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26 Flight Crew Total 105 Flight Crew Type 105 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 5 |
Narrative:
After receiving a clearance from ground control to taxi via taxiways C; B; and a; I began to taxi. While on taxiway C; I heard ground clear another skyhawk to taxi to the runway via taxiways east and a. I continued to taxi while looking for the other traffic. There is a downgrade on taxiway B that takes it below a hill between taxiways B and a as you near the intersection of B and a. Taxiway B clears that hill just before the intersection. After looking to my right towards taxiway a and seeing no one; I continued to taxi towards the intersection and looked left in the direction I was to turn. As I was turning onto taxiway a; I saw the other skyhawk in my peripheral vision and hit the brakes to stop at the same time as the other pilot. Both planes were in the intersection stopped a few feet away from each other. The other pilot called ground to advise of the near collision and the controller apologized stating that they had lost sight of us. I radioed the other pilot and asked if everyone was okay. After determining that no collision had occurred and there were no injuries; I agreed to continue my turn as I was in front of the other plane. We both continued to the runup area without incident and continued with our flights. While the terrain and darkness were contributing factors; I believe that the primary cause was a failure to approach a known hotspot with due caution. In the future I will pause as I approach this intersection and use an extra second to check for traffic before continuing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A General Aviation aircraft following taxi instructions from ATC had to suddenly brake to avoid another aircraft taxiing into the same intersection.
Narrative: After receiving a clearance from Ground Control to taxi via taxiways C; B; and A; I began to taxi. While on taxiway C; I heard ground clear another Skyhawk to taxi to the runway via taxiways E and A. I continued to taxi while looking for the other traffic. There is a downgrade on taxiway B that takes it below a hill between taxiways B and A as you near the intersection of B and A. Taxiway B clears that hill just before the intersection. After looking to my right towards taxiway A and seeing no one; I continued to taxi towards the intersection and looked left in the direction I was to turn. As I was turning onto taxiway A; I saw the other Skyhawk in my peripheral vision and hit the brakes to stop at the same time as the other pilot. Both planes were in the intersection stopped a few feet away from each other. The other pilot called Ground to advise of the near collision and the controller apologized stating that they had lost sight of us. I radioed the other pilot and asked if everyone was okay. After determining that no collision had occurred and there were no injuries; I agreed to continue my turn as I was in front of the other plane. We both continued to the runup area without incident and continued with our flights. While the terrain and darkness were contributing factors; I believe that the primary cause was a failure to approach a known hotspot with due caution. In the future I will pause as I approach this intersection and use an extra second to check for traffic before continuing.
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.