Narrative:

It was extremely dark with no moon at all. I was cleared to land on runway 14. At this airport, taxi instructions are normally issued during rollout. This time the tower issued no taxi instructions while I was on the runway. After rolling out, I turned right off of runway 14 onto taxiway B. While clearing the runway, I proceeded to dial in the tower ground frequency and stop to await taxi instructions. I normally keep the ground frequency in my second radio, but lately have been keeping 121.5 up on my second radio as required by NOTAM. Consequently, I was briefly distracted by the need to dial the ground frequency into my #1 radio. Suddenly, I noticed an extremely bright light coming directly at me from the left on taxiway a. It appeared to be a commercial airliner, and it was not clear to me that the airliner's right wing would miss me if I stopped at my current location. Judging that I had sufficient time, I quickly advanced the throttle and continued straight ahead on taxiway B and across taxiway a. The tower immediately contacted me and took me to task for proceeding on the txwys without a clearance. I might add that taxiway a is not parallel to the runway just south of taxiway B and this exacerbated the problem by making it appear that the airliner was coming straight at me. A couple of things could have prevented this near close encounter. First, I should have stopped immediately, just after exiting the runway, and then dialed in the ground frequency and contacted ground control. Second, the tower should have probably told me to exit the runway at A3 behind the airliner that was taxiing on taxiway a to runway 14.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EXITING RWY, GA PLT PERCEIVES CONFLICT WITH AN ACR TAXIING TOWARDS HIM, CROSSES IN FRONT WITHOUT COM WITH GND CTL.

Narrative: IT WAS EXTREMELY DARK WITH NO MOON AT ALL. I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 14. AT THIS ARPT, TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ARE NORMALLY ISSUED DURING ROLLOUT. THIS TIME THE TWR ISSUED NO TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WHILE I WAS ON THE RWY. AFTER ROLLING OUT, I TURNED R OFF OF RWY 14 ONTO TXWY B. WHILE CLRING THE RWY, I PROCEEDED TO DIAL IN THE TWR GND FREQ AND STOP TO AWAIT TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. I NORMALLY KEEP THE GND FREQ IN MY SECOND RADIO, BUT LATELY HAVE BEEN KEEPING 121.5 UP ON MY SECOND RADIO AS REQUIRED BY NOTAM. CONSEQUENTLY, I WAS BRIEFLY DISTRACTED BY THE NEED TO DIAL THE GND FREQ INTO MY #1 RADIO. SUDDENLY, I NOTICED AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT LIGHT COMING DIRECTLY AT ME FROM THE L ON TXWY A. IT APPEARED TO BE A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER, AND IT WAS NOT CLR TO ME THAT THE AIRLINER'S R WING WOULD MISS ME IF I STOPPED AT MY CURRENT LOCATION. JUDGING THAT I HAD SUFFICIENT TIME, I QUICKLY ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON TXWY B AND ACROSS TXWY A. THE TWR IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED ME AND TOOK ME TO TASK FOR PROCEEDING ON THE TXWYS WITHOUT A CLRNC. I MIGHT ADD THAT TXWY A IS NOT PARALLEL TO THE RWY JUST S OF TXWY B AND THIS EXACERBATED THE PROB BY MAKING IT APPEAR THAT THE AIRLINER WAS COMING STRAIGHT AT ME. A COUPLE OF THINGS COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS NEAR CLOSE ENCOUNTER. FIRST, I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, JUST AFTER EXITING THE RWY, AND THEN DIALED IN THE GND FREQ AND CONTACTED GND CTL. SECOND, THE TWR SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY TOLD ME TO EXIT THE RWY AT A3 BEHIND THE AIRLINER THAT WAS TAXIING ON TXWY A TO RWY 14.

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.