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A military helicopter pilot reported a near miss with a glider at 9;200 ft over 0e0 after making three CTAF position reports approaching the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1091836 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201306 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 0E0.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 1496 Flight Crew Type 1202 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Near miss with a glider above 0e0 at 9;200 ft MSL. Made four advisory calls on the CTAF approaching the airport to alert traffic that we will by overflying; VFR with a southbound heading. First radio call at 15 miles; second at 9 miles; third at 2 miles; and the fourth while overflying the airport. The only traffic making radio calls were a 'conquest' call sign and a fixed-wing towing a glider; both were reporting departures straight out on runway 26 (and we achieved visual of both aircraft departing the airfield). Seconds after reporting our altitude of 9;200 ft MSL and position passing over the airfield; we had a near miss with a glider passing at our 2 o'clock position/same altitude. The aircraft had a climbing; left turn attitude. We immediately made a radio call in the blind to any traffic on the CTAF that there was a glider not reporting over the airport at 9;000 ft and began a rapid descent to 8;000 ft MSL to expedite out of the area. No traffic responded to our announcement of a near miss. At 9;200 T MSL; we were in class east airspace. There were no clouds/ceiling and visibility was greater than 10 miles.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Military helicopter pilot reported a near miss with a glider at 9;200 FT over 0E0 after making three CTAF position reports approaching the airport.
Narrative: Near miss with a glider above 0E0 at 9;200 FT MSL. Made four advisory calls on the CTAF approaching the airport to alert traffic that we will by overflying; VFR with a southbound heading. First radio call at 15 miles; second at 9 miles; third at 2 miles; and the fourth while overflying the airport. The only traffic making radio calls were a 'Conquest' call sign and a fixed-wing towing a glider; both were reporting departures straight out on Runway 26 (and we achieved visual of both aircraft departing the airfield). Seconds after reporting our altitude of 9;200 FT MSL and position passing over the airfield; we had a near miss with a glider passing at our 2 o'clock position/same altitude. The aircraft had a climbing; left turn attitude. We immediately made a radio call in the blind to any traffic on the CTAF that there was a glider not reporting over the airport at 9;000 FT and began a rapid descent to 8;000 FT MSL to expedite out of the area. No traffic responded to our announcement of a near miss. At 9;200 T MSL; we were in Class E airspace. There were no clouds/ceiling and visibility was greater than 10 miles.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.