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PA34 pilot reports a near midair collision with a glider during approach to runway 23 at zph; while the glider was apparently on approach to runway 19. Runway 23 was the wind favored runway while runway 19/1 was being used by jump aircraft and gliders and both left and right hand traffic patterns.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1213525 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZPH.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-34-200 Seneca I |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 4500 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 150 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
Seneca was on short final to runway 23 had to break out to avoid collision with glider on base or final to runway 19. Both aircraft took evasive action to avoid collision. Weather was clear with unlimited visibility; ASOS winds 280/08. Multiple glider tow traffic was departing north (runway 1) then using a right hand traffic pattern to land south (midfield runway 19). Additional traffic was parachute-jump otters departing north (runway 1) and using a left hand traffic pattern to land south (midfield runway 19). Local traffic was using right hand traffic to runway 23 (the wind favored runway). I believe that simultaneous up-wind takeoffs; downwind landings; both right and left hand traffic patterns on runway 1/19 are a collision hazard when combined with heavy local and transient traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA34 pilot reports a NMAC with a glider during approach to Runway 23 at ZPH; while the glider was apparently on approach to Runway 19. Runway 23 was the wind favored runway while Runway 19/1 was being used by jump aircraft and gliders and both left and right hand traffic patterns.
Narrative: Seneca was on short final to runway 23 had to break out to avoid collision with glider on base or final to runway 19. Both aircraft took evasive action to avoid collision. Weather was clear with unlimited visibility; ASOS winds 280/08. Multiple glider tow traffic was departing north (runway 1) then using a right hand traffic pattern to land south (midfield runway 19). Additional traffic was parachute-jump Otters departing north (runway 1) and using a left hand traffic pattern to land south (midfield runway 19). Local traffic was using right hand traffic to runway 23 (the wind favored runway). I believe that simultaneous up-wind takeoffs; downwind landings; both right and left hand traffic patterns on runway 1/19 are a collision hazard when combined with heavy local and transient traffic.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.