Flight crew of an medium large transport had near miss from a sel cessna during taxi for takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	327925
Time
Date	199602
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	327925
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 15 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Near miss on ramp. Time: XX00. ATC frequency: ground. ATC facility: dca ground. Location: taxiway J abeam taxiway F. After pushback, first officer called for taxi. Clearance was taxi to runway 18 via taxiway J hold short of runway 15 stay to the right of taxiway J for an oncoming cessna. Clearance given to cessna to stay to the right also. Captain just started to taxi adjacent to txwys J and F intersection, when captain abruptly stopped the aircraft and rapidly flashed taxi lights at oncoming cessna that was coming directly at us. Tower called the cessna at the same time and told him to stay to the right. Several seconds later a dca ground vehicle called the tower and said that a small cessna almost ran into his vehicle when the cessna crossed the vehicle taxi lane. Estimate the cessna came with 15 ft of us and would have hit us if not for the captain hitting the brakes and flashing the lights. Both the captain and I thought he was going to hit us. Tower did a good job as well. The conditions were clear with excellent visibility.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG HAD NEAR MISS FROM A SEL CESSNA DURING TAXI FOR TKOF.

Narrative: NEAR MISS ON RAMP. TIME: XX00. ATC FREQ: GND. ATC FACILITY: DCA GND. LOCATION: TXWY J ABEAM TXWY F. AFTER PUSHBACK, FO CALLED FOR TAXI. CLRNC WAS TAXI TO RWY 18 VIA TXWY J HOLD SHORT OF RWY 15 STAY TO THE R OF TXWY J FOR AN ONCOMING CESSNA. CLRNC GIVEN TO CESSNA TO STAY TO THE R ALSO. CAPT JUST STARTED TO TAXI ADJACENT TO TXWYS J AND F INTXN, WHEN CAPT ABRUPTLY STOPPED THE ACFT AND RAPIDLY FLASHED TAXI LIGHTS AT ONCOMING CESSNA THAT WAS COMING DIRECTLY AT US. TWR CALLED THE CESSNA AT THE SAME TIME AND TOLD HIM TO STAY TO THE R. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER A DCA GND VEHICLE CALLED THE TWR AND SAID THAT A SMALL CESSNA ALMOST RAN INTO HIS VEHICLE WHEN THE CESSNA CROSSED THE VEHICLE TAXI LANE. ESTIMATE THE CESSNA CAME WITH 15 FT OF US AND WOULD HAVE HIT US IF NOT FOR THE CAPT HITTING THE BRAKES AND FLASHING THE LIGHTS. BOTH THE CAPT AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HIT US. TWR DID A GOOD JOB AS WELL. THE CONDITIONS WERE CLR WITH EXCELLENT VISIBILITY.

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.