<< >> NASA ASRS Report 833296, April 2009

B737-500 flight crew reports a near midair collision with a sailplane at 12000 ft MSL while on the baret arrival to san.

Attributes
ACN	833296
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SAN.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR BARET
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 10500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 450 Vertical 250

Narrative:

On baret arrival into san; descended to 12;000 ft MSL. A glider heading east went by us at approximately 200-300 ft and 500 ft to the left of our path heading eastbound. Queried ZLA and controller reported she had no one in that area. Assume the glider had no transponder. I did not deviate my flight path after I saw the glider because he was out of our way. Landed in san with no problems. Supplemental information from acn 833298: I saw a glider pass 300-500 ft off of our left side and about 200-300 ft above us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-500 flight crew reports a NMAC with a sailplane at 12000 FT MSL while on the BARET arrival to SAN.

Narrative: On BARET arrival into SAN; descended to 12;000 FT MSL. A glider heading east went by us at approximately 200-300 FT and 500 FT to the left of our path heading eastbound. Queried ZLA and Controller reported she had no one in that area. Assume the glider had no transponder. I did not deviate my flight path after I saw the glider because he was out of our way. Landed in SAN with no problems. Supplemental information from ACN 833298: I saw a glider pass 300-500 FT off of our left side and about 200-300 FT above us.

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.