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Pilot reports of being told directions by ATC and pilot attempts to do as instructed. Pilot reports to ATC traffic that he would overfly if following ATC instruction. Pilot deviated from what ATC told him to do to avoid over flight of taxiing aircraft. Aircraft then departed and pilot observed other traffic; was told to turn one direction and turned the opposite to avoid the traffic and possible collision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1271049 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FAT.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Fighting Falcon F16 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 6900 Flight Crew Type 15 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 500 |
Narrative:
Was cleared to [taxi] from ramp and instructed to remain north of all runways departing at own risk. The normal procedure is to air taxi to pad 3 and depart. No mention was made by controller of taxiing F16's I called tower and was only then instructed to not overfly taxiways or runways. I took evasive maneuvers and relocated to dirt area off of taxiway.on departure saw another aircraft so turned to the east. Then asked tower again who instructed me to turn west and remain north of runway on turning east F16 departing made an aggressive right up maneuver turning into my path forced to descend to 500 ft to avoid aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reports of being told directions by ATC and pilot attempts to do as instructed. Pilot reports to ATC traffic that he would overfly if following ATC instruction. Pilot deviated from what ATC told him to do to avoid over flight of taxiing aircraft. Aircraft then departed and pilot observed other traffic; was told to turn one direction and turned the opposite to avoid the traffic and possible collision.
Narrative: Was cleared to [taxi] from ramp and instructed to remain north of all runways departing at own risk. The normal procedure is to air taxi to pad 3 and depart. No mention was made by controller of taxiing F16's I called tower and was only then instructed to not overfly taxiways or runways. I took evasive maneuvers and relocated to dirt area off of taxiway.On departure saw another aircraft so turned to the east. Then asked tower again who instructed me to turn west and remain north of runway on turning east F16 departing made an aggressive right up maneuver turning into my path forced to descend to 500 ft to avoid aircraft.
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.