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Near midair collision between an small aircraft sel and a glider within 3 mi of the uncontrolled airport from which small aircraft departed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 270766 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199405 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : m91 |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 79 flight time type : 79 |
| ASRS Report | 270766 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 75 vertical : 40 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
How problem arose: glider passed below and to the left of airplane just after leaving the pattern. How discovered: visual on glider as it passed on left. Contributing factors: setting plane up for climb to cruise altitude. Light haze, all white glider. Activating flight plan FSS, contacting nashville approach (radio operations). Corrective actions: improve allocation of time between cockpit duties and visual scans for traffic. Pilot was following voluntary program of 'lights on' including beacon light, anticollision lights, and landing lights during takeoff and within 10 mi of airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN AN SMA SEL AND A GLIDER WITHIN 3 MI OF THE UNCTLED ARPT FROM WHICH SMA DEPARTED.
Narrative: HOW PROB AROSE: GLIDER PASSED BELOW AND TO THE L OF AIRPLANE JUST AFTER LEAVING THE PATTERN. HOW DISCOVERED: VISUAL ON GLIDER AS IT PASSED ON L. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: SETTING PLANE UP FOR CLB TO CRUISE ALT. LIGHT HAZE, ALL WHITE GLIDER. ACTIVATING FLT PLAN FSS, CONTACTING NASHVILLE APCH (RADIO OPS). CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: IMPROVE ALLOCATION OF TIME BTWN COCKPIT DUTIES AND VISUAL SCANS FOR TFC. PLT WAS FOLLOWING VOLUNTARY PROGRAM OF 'LIGHTS ON' INCLUDING BEACON LIGHT, ANTICOLLISION LIGHTS, AND LNDG LIGHTS DURING TKOF AND WITHIN 10 MI OF ARPT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.