While taxiing to their hangar an instructor pilot and his student aboard a tail dragger lsa suffered...

Attributes
ACN	1039874
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 32
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

I was taxiing an american legend cub with a student to the hangar. As we neared the hangars; an airport vehicle driven by an individual resembling the airport's staff security coordinator cut between our aircraft and an FBO fuel farm while apparently en route to the main ramp area.my concerns with this are two: 1. Convention and the FAA guide to ground vehicle operations state that aircraft have the right-of-way [with respect] to ground vehicles on all airport surfaces. This includes non-movement areas. The prudent thing for an individual trained in operating on an airport surface would have been to yield the right-of-way to the aircraft. 2. Particularly in the legend cub; forward visibility for the instructor (who flies in the back seat) is limited. Clearly; better training must be offered to ground vehicle operators; and more binding penalties meted out when an obvious lapse in safety or judgment occurs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While taxiing to their hangar an instructor pilot and his student aboard a tail dragger LSA suffered a close encounter with an airport ground vehicle driven by a driver either unaware of the aircraft's presence or unwilling to abide by it's right of way on the airport.

Narrative: I was taxiing an American Legend Cub with a student to the hangar. As we neared the hangars; an airport vehicle driven by an individual resembling the airport's staff security coordinator cut between our aircraft and an FBO fuel farm while apparently en route to the main ramp area.My concerns with this are two: 1. Convention and the FAA Guide to Ground Vehicle Operations state that aircraft have the right-of-way [with respect] to ground vehicles on all airport surfaces. This includes non-movement areas. The prudent thing for an individual trained in operating on an airport surface would have been to yield the right-of-way to the aircraft. 2. Particularly in the Legend Cub; forward visibility for the instructor (who flies in the back seat) is limited. Clearly; better training must be offered to ground vehicle operators; and more binding penalties meted out when an obvious lapse in safety or judgment occurs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

While taxiing to their hangar an instructor pilot and his student aboard a tail dragger lsa suffered a close encounter with an airport ground vehicle driven by a driver either unaware of the aircraft's presence or unwilling to abide by it's right of way on the airport.