Military Trainer
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23; Flight Crew Total 1545; Flight Crew Type 79
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Confusion
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was taxiing on active Taxiway X heading east. Aircraft Y was not visible to me until completing an S turn during taxiing. Suddenly I saw Aircraft Y taxiing toward me head on and preparing to enter the active taxiway from a hangar area. I applied my brakes and the tailwheel biplane nosed over and the prop struck the taxiway stopping the engine. Aircraft Y made a right turn onto the ramp for an adjacent fuel tank; taxied around the fuel tank; entered the active Taxiway XX behind me; taxied to the active runway and took off for ZZZ1 at XA:39 arriving there at XB:31. The pilot of Aircraft Y never announced his position on the radio at any time before; or after the incident. The pilot of Aircraft Y did not stop or make any attempt to ascertain if I was ok; or offer to render any aid or assistance. I have a video of the incident showing Aircraft Y stationary and then accelerating toward me before turning right onto the ramp after I had nosed over. We came within about 50 feet of colliding. In retrospect; the only thing I believe I might have done to avoid the situation would have been to apply only one brake and attempt to ground loop the airplane. But my action was a split second decision. I believe had the other pilot been paying attention they would not have pulled onto the taxi way from the perpendicular private taxi way between hangar rows. Further; I believe if the pilot of the other aircraft had made a radio call even after pulling in front of me the situation would have been avoided. I am not certain whether or not the area of the taxi way where the accident occurred; or where the other airplane came on to the taxi way are visible to the tower. But the Tower made no call to me. Of course; Aircraft Y had not made a call to the Ground Controller advising that they were taxiing either.
I just started to taxi from the 'T' hangar. After turning the corner of the hangars and was taxiing toward taxiway A5; I saw Aircraft X turning off the Runway XX and was taxiing east on Taxiway X. Aircraft X was taxiing fast and was not 'S' turning to see directly ahead. I stopped short of Aircraft X about 30 seconds; and Aircraft X was getting extremely close to my plane and I was forced to turn into the fuel area to avoid a collision. Once Aircraft X saw my plane he braked sharply and tipped the plane on its nose.
Pilot reported a critical ground conflict that resulted in a prop strike.