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Attributes | |
ACN | 1556210 |
Time | |
Date | 201806 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | BJC.Airport |
State Reference | CO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Route In Use | None |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Climb |
Route In Use | SID FOOOT 3 |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 400 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 400 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While on a commercial sightseeing ride in a 2 seat glider from boulder I had a near miss with what looked like a large dual rear engine aircraft. It happened on the extended center line of the bjc runway 30 about 7 miles on the 300 radial. I had just alerted my ride passenger about the nearby bjc airport and encouraged him to help me spot for aircraft. I saw the jet heading straight for us at our 11 o clock and slightly below. I made a negative 1 G push over dive and turned away and I could see the jet continuing on its original heading. No sign that they had seen me or had taken any evasive action. I was in an all metal 2 to 3 seat glider that is not transponder equipped nor is it required to have a transponder. I spoke with the tower supervisor at bjc later that day and she shared with me that the plane we saw was a [commercial flight inbound] to slc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Sailplane pilot reported a near mid air collision with an air carrier flight near Boulder Colorado.
Narrative: While on a commercial sightseeing ride in a 2 seat glider from Boulder I had a near miss with what looked like a large dual rear engine aircraft. It happened on the extended center line of the BJC Runway 30 about 7 miles on the 300 radial. I had just alerted my ride passenger about the nearby BJC airport and encouraged him to help me spot for aircraft. I saw the jet heading straight for us at our 11 o clock and slightly below. I made a negative 1 G push over dive and turned away and I could see the jet continuing on its original heading. No sign that they had seen me or had taken any evasive action. I was in an all metal 2 to 3 seat glider that is not transponder equipped nor is it required to have a transponder. I spoke with the tower supervisor at BJC later that day and she shared with me that the plane we saw was a [commercial flight inbound] to SLC.
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.