Narrative:

I was PIC on a local training flight in a light single-engine airplane. Only myself and my student were on board. I had just completed a landing on runway 24L. Wind was approximately 180 degrees/15 KTS. I received and acknowledged a clearance to taxi ahead and exit the runway to the left on taxiway B. Because of the crosswind landing just completed, I was in control of the airplane, no student control input. The crosswind conditions would have been far more than the early private pilot student would have been capable of handling. I mistakenly exited the runway at taxiway C, rather than at taxiway B, as the clearance specified. As I was making the turn off the runway, I did not notice the fact that the controller had a small hughes training helicopter taxiing (hover taxi) to my left, wbound on the taxiway parallel to runway 24. As I made my next turn to the right onto the parallel taxiway, the controller called me and said that I had just turned in front of the helicopter. As I glanced back, I noticed the helicopter making a left turn toward the ramp area, about 100-150 ft behind. This may or may not have been evasive action on his part, I am unable to say, because the turn was made by the helicopter smoothly and at moderate speed, and because I am still not aware of what the helicopter pilot's intentions might have been, at this writing. I continued to taxi uneventfully to the ramp area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA BEING FLOWN BY A FLT INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT ABOARD, TURNED EARLY ON TXWY C RATHER THAN THE TXWY B AS CLRED. A CONFLICT WITH A HOVER-TAXIING HELI RESULTED.

Narrative: I WAS PIC ON A LCL TRAINING FLT IN A LIGHT SINGLE-ENG AIRPLANE. ONLY MYSELF AND MY STUDENT WERE ON BOARD. I HAD JUST COMPLETED A LNDG ON RWY 24L. WIND WAS APPROX 180 DEGS/15 KTS. I RECEIVED AND ACKNOWLEDGED A CLRNC TO TAXI AHEAD AND EXIT THE RWY TO THE L ON TXWY B. BECAUSE OF THE XWIND LNDG JUST COMPLETED, I WAS IN CTL OF THE AIRPLANE, NO STUDENT CTL INPUT. THE XWIND CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE THAN THE EARLY PVT PLT STUDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF HANDLING. I MISTAKENLY EXITED THE RWY AT TXWY C, RATHER THAN AT TXWY B, AS THE CLRNC SPECIFIED. AS I WAS MAKING THE TURN OFF THE RWY, I DID NOT NOTICE THE FACT THAT THE CTLR HAD A SMALL HUGHES TRAINING HELI TAXIING (HOVER TAXI) TO MY L, WBOUND ON THE TXWY PARALLEL TO RWY 24. AS I MADE MY NEXT TURN TO THE R ONTO THE PARALLEL TXWY, THE CTLR CALLED ME AND SAID THAT I HAD JUST TURNED IN FRONT OF THE HELI. AS I GLANCED BACK, I NOTICED THE HELI MAKING A L TURN TOWARD THE RAMP AREA, ABOUT 100-150 FT BEHIND. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EVASIVE ACTION ON HIS PART, I AM UNABLE TO SAY, BECAUSE THE TURN WAS MADE BY THE HELI SMOOTHLY AND AT MODERATE SPD, AND BECAUSE I AM STILL NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE HELI PLT'S INTENTIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, AT THIS WRITING. I CONTINUED TO TAXI UNEVENTFULLY TO THE RAMP AREA.

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.