Gulfstream flight crew has conflict while taxiing at kvny.

Attributes
ACN	587494
Time
Date	200307
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : vny.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Gulfstream III
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	587494
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	587497
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : taxiway
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

At approximately XA15 local on july/fri, we began taxiing at van nuys airport. The control tower was closed for the evening so we made a radio report 'in the blind' of our intentions. We began our taxi sbound on taxiway east approaching 14F. As we made the right turn to enter 14F, we noticed an aircraft on final for runway 16R, so we stopped short of the hold short line to give way to the landing aircraft. As a courtesy to the landing aircraft, we switched our taxi light off. Once the landing traffic was on the ground and in his rollout, we switched the taxi light back on so he would be aware of our position on the field. The landing traffic came to a complete stop on the runway. We announced that we were repositioning the aircraft to the other side of the field. His response was 'go ahead.' we then proceeded across the hold short line across runway 16R and turned left on 14G and parked. The landing traffic then turned left on 14F and went to his parking spot. Once we had shut down our engines, a van nuys airport operations employee approached us. It was his opinion that our taxi operation was not conducted safely. He seemed upset that we were on 14F, short of runway 16R, while there was an airplane landing. He said that we had not given way to the landing aircraft. He also scolded us for not using the CTAF more. It is my opinion that the only problem was that we were holding short on the taxiway that the landing airplane was intending to use to exit the runway. It is also my opinion that at no time was safety ever compromised, nor were any regulations broken. When the airplane was landing, we were holding short of the runway. We did not proceed onto the runway until the landing aircraft was at a complete stop and until 2-WAY communication had been established as to each others intentions. To avoid this situation again, I would be more active on the CTAF, and upon seeing the inbound aircraft, would have announced which taxiway we were holding short at, so he could have planned to exit somewhere else.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GULFSTREAM FLT CREW HAS CONFLICT WHILE TAXIING AT KVNY.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA15 LCL ON JULY/FRI, WE BEGAN TAXIING AT VAN NUYS ARPT. THE CTL TWR WAS CLOSED FOR THE EVENING SO WE MADE A RADIO RPT 'IN THE BLIND' OF OUR INTENTIONS. WE BEGAN OUR TAXI SBOUND ON TXWY E APCHING 14F. AS WE MADE THE R TURN TO ENTER 14F, WE NOTICED AN ACFT ON FINAL FOR RWY 16R, SO WE STOPPED SHORT OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE TO GIVE WAY TO THE LNDG ACFT. AS A COURTESY TO THE LNDG ACFT, WE SWITCHED OUR TAXI LIGHT OFF. ONCE THE LNDG TFC WAS ON THE GND AND IN HIS ROLLOUT, WE SWITCHED THE TAXI LIGHT BACK ON SO HE WOULD BE AWARE OF OUR POS ON THE FIELD. THE LNDG TFC CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RWY. WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE REPOSITIONING THE ACFT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD. HIS RESPONSE WAS 'GO AHEAD.' WE THEN PROCEEDED ACROSS THE HOLD SHORT LINE ACROSS RWY 16R AND TURNED L ON 14G AND PARKED. THE LNDG TFC THEN TURNED L ON 14F AND WENT TO HIS PARKING SPOT. ONCE WE HAD SHUT DOWN OUR ENGS, A VAN NUYS ARPT OPS EMPLOYEE APCHED US. IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT OUR TAXI OP WAS NOT CONDUCTED SAFELY. HE SEEMED UPSET THAT WE WERE ON 14F, SHORT OF RWY 16R, WHILE THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE LNDG. HE SAID THAT WE HAD NOT GIVEN WAY TO THE LNDG ACFT. HE ALSO SCOLDED US FOR NOT USING THE CTAF MORE. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE ONLY PROB WAS THAT WE WERE HOLDING SHORT ON THE TXWY THAT THE LNDG AIRPLANE WAS INTENDING TO USE TO EXIT THE RWY. IT IS ALSO MY OPINION THAT AT NO TIME WAS SAFETY EVER COMPROMISED, NOR WERE ANY REGS BROKEN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS LNDG, WE WERE HOLDING SHORT OF THE RWY. WE DID NOT PROCEED ONTO THE RWY UNTIL THE LNDG ACFT WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND UNTIL 2-WAY COM HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AS TO EACH OTHERS INTENTIONS. TO AVOID THIS SIT AGAIN, I WOULD BE MORE ACTIVE ON THE CTAF, AND UPON SEEING THE INBOUND ACFT, WOULD HAVE ANNOUNCED WHICH TXWY WE WERE HOLDING SHORT AT, SO HE COULD HAVE PLANNED TO EXIT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.