Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129; Flight Crew Total 1220; Flight Crew Type 1001
Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
We were cleared to taxi to our parking location. Upon turning from a westbound direction on taxiway F to the ramp; a Eurocopter AS350 helicopter flew approximately 20 feet over us (was flying westbound parallel to taxiway F) with no warning from the Ground Controller. Our airplane was blasted with intense rotor wash and we were very surprised when it flew right over us so we stopped abruptly.Upon parking; I went to talk to the pilot of the Eurocopter and he was surprised that ATC had not notified us or told us to give way to the helicopter (or vice versa). Generally; this is the procedure for helicopters landing at this particular location (usually one will give way to the other to avoid rotor wash or any operations being too close to one another).
C172 instructor pilot reported experiencing 'intense' rotor wash from a helicopter flying directly overhead during taxi to parking.