GND CONFLICT BETWEEN 2 GA-SMA'S AT RVS OK. REPORTER STOPPED SO SUDDENLY THAT HIS ACFT NOSED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.
Synopsis
GND CONFLICT BETWEEN 2 GA-SMA'S AT RVS OK. REPORTER STOPPED SO SUDDENLY THAT HIS ACFT NOSED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.
Narrative
LANDED ON RWY 18L AT RVS AND WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 18R AND CONTACT GND. CONTACTED GND AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 18R. NO OTHER INSTRUCTIONS OR ADVISORIES. WHILE XING RWY 18R 1 WAS BUSY CLRING N AND S FOR POSSIBLE TKOF OR LNDG TFC. AS I CLRED (TAXIED OFF) RWY 18R I BEGAN TO SWING THE NOSE OF MY BI-PLANE TO THE RIGHT TO CHK IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE WAS AN SMA STOPPED IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND MY PLANE NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK BARELY MISSING THE SMA. THE SMA HAD STOPPED WELL SHORT OF THE NEXT INTERSECTING TXWY. I COULD HAVE PULLED IN BEHIND HIM HAD I KNOWN HE WAS THERE. HE MUST HAVE LANDED ON RWY 18R THE SAME TIME I WAS LNDG ON RWY 18L. BY THE TIME I WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 18R HE WAS NOT VISIBLE TO ME. I FEEL GND CTL CLRED ME ACROSS RWY 18R WHEN THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE ROOM FOR ME TO CLR THE RWY ONTO THE TXWY IN A NORMAL FASHION. IF THEY HAD GIVEN ME ANY WARNING THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS IN THE AREA THEY CLRED ME TO; I COULD HAVE CAUTIOUSLY TAXIED IN BEHIND HIM. GND CTLR NEEDS TO BE MORE CAREFUL OF THE CLRNCS THEY GIVE ACFT THAT HAVE RESTR VIS. THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY EXPECT PROMPT COMPLIANCE OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. IN THE FUTURE I WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM CAUTIOUS COMPLIANCE AFTER CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.