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Corporate jet has an near midair collision with a sailplane while on a visual approach to a non towered airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 846254 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 3CK.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation II/SP (C551) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26.5 Flight Crew Total 7151 Flight Crew Type 2876 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Near miss with a glider in very close proximity to chicago class B airspace. Glider presumably had no transponder and/or radio. TCAS never detected a conflict. Flight crew did not have visual with the glider until it was at approximately 2 o'clock position; same altitude; and no more that 300-400 feet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Corporate jet has an NMAC with a sailplane while on a visual approach to a non towered airport.
Narrative: Near miss with a glider in very close proximity to Chicago Class B airspace. Glider presumably had no transponder and/or radio. TCAS never detected a conflict. Flight crew did not have visual with the glider until it was at approximately 2 o'clock position; same altitude; and no more that 300-400 feet.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.