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Pilot reported a near collision with a person on a scooter during taxi at osh.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1376390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OSH.Airport |
| State Reference | WI |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 900 Flight Crew Type 350 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 10 |
Narrative:
I was following a flagmen's direction while taxiing south on the parallel taxiway near show center. A twin engine aircraft that I'd been following turned off of the taxiway; opening approximately a 100 yard gap between me and the next aircraft in front of me. Flagmen waved me to accelerate to close that gap. A ramp worker with an orange vest and mounted on a small scooter crossed the ramp about 75 yards in front of me; moving from my right to my left. I expected that he would continue across the taxiway to the turf on the other side; but was surprised when he instead turned on the edge of the paved ramp and motored straight toward me. I began braking; but there was still a brief period where it felt like we were 'playing chicken'. Afraid that there wouldn't be clearance between the oncoming scooter driver and my left hand wing tip; I swerved pretty hard to my right near to the right hand edge of the taxiway. At almost the same instant; he swerved to his own right and pulled off the taxiway onto the turf. I estimate that we cleared each other by about 10 to 20 feet.at the time; I know that I was trying to keep moving so as not to interfere with the busy oshkosh ground traffic flow. In retrospect; however; I wish that I'd braked hard to a complete stop the moment that the scooter driver surprised me by turning onto a possible collision course; and then waited for the conflict to resolve while sitting in a static position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported a near collision with a person on a scooter during taxi at OSH.
Narrative: I was following a flagmen's direction while taxiing south on the parallel taxiway near show center. A twin engine aircraft that I'd been following turned off of the taxiway; opening approximately a 100 yard gap between me and the next aircraft in front of me. Flagmen waved me to accelerate to close that gap. A ramp worker with an orange vest and mounted on a small scooter crossed the ramp about 75 yards in front of me; moving from my right to my left. I expected that he would continue across the taxiway to the turf on the other side; but was surprised when he instead turned on the edge of the paved ramp and motored straight toward me. I began braking; but there was still a brief period where it felt like we were 'playing chicken'. Afraid that there wouldn't be clearance between the oncoming scooter driver and my left hand wing tip; I swerved pretty hard to my right near to the right hand edge of the taxiway. At almost the same instant; he swerved to his own right and pulled off the taxiway onto the turf. I estimate that we cleared each other by about 10 to 20 feet.At the time; I know that I was trying to keep moving so as not to interfere with the busy Oshkosh ground traffic flow. In retrospect; however; I wish that I'd braked hard to a complete stop the moment that the scooter driver surprised me by turning onto a possible collision course; and then waited for the conflict to resolve while sitting in a static position.
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.