Cessna 150
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9; Flight Crew Total 9100; Flight Crew Type 1690
Troubleshooting; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure; Human-Machine Interface; Communication Breakdown
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Evacuated
Human Factors
Near taxi accident. We taxied our C150 to the hangar and stopped; CFI and me. We noticed a Pitts Special about 300 feet north; in front his hangar with his engine running. As I shut down the C150 engine the Pitts began to taxi toward us. There were no 'S' turns as he proceeded toward our aircraft. That is when we decided that he was going to hit us. We could not see the pilots face at all. The CFI exited the C150 and ran toward the left side of the Pitts yelling and waving his arms. I completed the shutdown but didn't have enough time to exit the aircraft and thought it may be safer to stay on board. The Pitts was traveling slightly offset to the left of the centerlines and head on.  After exiting the C150; the CFI noticed the Pitts' pilots head was down while taxiing. However; when the sound got his attention the Pitts pilot stopped the airplane 10 feet from the Cessna (engine to engine). The Pitts pilot stated that he had had trouble with his airplane and was trouble shooting the problem. Corrective action: Clear the area and 'S' turn while taxiing a tail wheel. There; in this case; would have been an accident had I been alone. The CFI's quick thinking saved the day...
As the pilots aboard a C150 were deplaning near the aircraft's hangar a Pitts began taxiing toward them making no attempt to avoid the Cessna. The instructor pilot of the C150 was finally able to get the Pitt's pilot's attention and the biplane stopped 10 feet short of engine to engine contact.