Small aircraft pilot reported a conflict with a helicopter while taxiing in the ramp area at ffz air...

Narrative:

While taxiing into the hangar area on taxiway B I came close to a helicopter approaching to land. He was approaching from my right and the landing spot was also to my right adjacent to the taxiway. I did not see him immediately as my view to my upper right is blocked by the sun-shield on my canopy. When I first saw him he was at my 2 o'clock at a low altitude as he was executing a go-around. I stopped immediately until he had passed in front of me. Then I proceeded and turned right two hangar rows passed the conflict point and as I exited that hangar row headed for my hangar row; I saw him making another approach in front of me. I immediately stopped to let him land. He saw me and hovered for a moment to make sure I was going to stay stopped. The normal procedure at this airport is: I am cleared to the ramp by the tower and told to monitor the ground frequency which I was doing. The helicopters are cleared to land by the tower at their own risk. If he is cleared to land after I switch from the tower frequency to ground; I will not hear that transmission. That was the case here; I assume; as I never heard him cleared to land. Since we are on different frequencies it makes for potentially dangerous situation. I have talked to the tower about this previously but got no response.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reported a conflict with a helicopter while taxiing in the ramp area at FFZ airport.

Narrative: While taxiing into the hangar area on Taxiway B I came close to a helicopter approaching to land. He was approaching from my right and the landing spot was also to my right adjacent to the taxiway. I did not see him immediately as my view to my upper right is blocked by the sun-shield on my canopy. When I first saw him he was at my 2 o'clock at a low altitude as he was executing a go-around. I stopped immediately until he had passed in front of me. Then I proceeded and turned right two hangar rows passed the conflict point and as I exited that hangar row headed for my hangar row; I saw him making another approach in front of me. I immediately stopped to let him land. He saw me and hovered for a moment to make sure I was going to stay stopped. The normal procedure at this airport is: I am cleared to the ramp by the Tower and told to monitor the ground frequency which I was doing. The helicopters are cleared to land by the Tower at their own risk. If he is cleared to land after I switch from the Tower frequency to Ground; I will not hear that transmission. That was the case here; I assume; as I never heard him cleared to land. Since we are on different frequencies it makes for potentially dangerous situation. I have talked to the Tower about this previously but got no response.

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Attributes
ACN	1609972
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	FFZ.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 5900 Flight Crew Type 2350
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 50

Small aircraft pilot reported a conflict with a helicopter while taxiing in the ramp area at ffz airport.