Citation aircraft and widebody transport aircraft taxiing at night, neither aircraft instructed by ground controller regarding potential conflict or hold short instructions, almost have collision on ground.

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Attributes
ACN	392003
Time
Date	199801
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	392003
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 25 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was cleared to taxi wbound on taxiway C to the ramp. Approaching taxiway Q and taxiway south, a widebody transport aircraft was seen approaching rapidly from the right with no sign of slowing. Crew commenced braking and swerved to left while widebody transport also appeared to brake rapidly. Crew elected to continue through intersection in hopes of clearing approaching widebody transport. Widebody transport stopped prior to entering intersection. When queried by widebody transport, ground control admitted mistake. (Neither aircraft was instructed to hold short of intersection.) contributing to near mishap was darkness, service vehicles on roadway parallel to and between east/west txwys, backgnd ramp lighting behind widebody transport and shining into crew's eyes, widebody transport lighting which included a single light on the nose gear and left wingtip light (almost 100 ft from nose gear), heavy radio load.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CITATION ACFT AND WDB ACFT TAXIING AT NIGHT, NEITHER ACFT INSTRUCTED BY GND CTLR REGARDING POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS, ALMOST HAVE COLLISION ON GND.

Narrative: ACFT WAS CLRED TO TAXI WBOUND ON TXWY C TO THE RAMP. APCHING TXWY Q AND TXWY S, A WDB ACFT WAS SEEN APCHING RAPIDLY FROM THE R WITH NO SIGN OF SLOWING. CREW COMMENCED BRAKING AND SWERVED TO L WHILE WDB ALSO APPEARED TO BRAKE RAPIDLY. CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH INTXN IN HOPES OF CLRING APCHING WDB. WDB STOPPED PRIOR TO ENTERING INTXN. WHEN QUERIED BY WDB, GND CTL ADMITTED MISTAKE. (NEITHER ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF INTXN.) CONTRIBUTING TO NEAR MISHAP WAS DARKNESS, SVC VEHICLES ON ROADWAY PARALLEL TO AND BTWN E/W TXWYS, BACKGND RAMP LIGHTING BEHIND WDB AND SHINING INTO CREW'S EYES, WDB LIGHTING WHICH INCLUDED A SINGLE LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR AND L WINGTIP LIGHT (ALMOST 100 FT FROM NOSE GEAR), HVY RADIO LOAD.

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.