Distracted by training and FMS programming while maneuvering near an airport; the flight crew of a P...

Attributes
ACN	841306
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	P180 Avanti
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Person 1
Function	Check Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

During a training flight; our aircraft was in a right hand turn to the northwest at 4500 MSL a couple miles west of the airport. The PIC trainee (pilot not flying) was loading approaches in the FMS while I was the pilot flying. My time was divided between normal monitoring; outside scan and instruction on the FMS while heads down with the pilot not flying. Almost out of the turn; I looked up and saw a co-altitude glider approximately 500 ft away; pointed toward us at my 2 O'clock position. I took no evasive action since we were not on a direct collision course. However; we passed within approximately 200 ft laterally at the same altitude. The glider pilot apparently saw us about the same time because his bank angle increased to 45-60 degrees. There was no radio contact with the glider on CTAF (which we were monitoring).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Distracted by training and FMS programming while maneuvering near an airport; the flight crew of a P-180 experienced a NMAC with a sailplane.

Narrative: During a training flight; our aircraft was in a right hand turn to the northwest at 4500 MSL a couple miles west of the airport. The PIC trainee (pilot not flying) was loading approaches in the FMS while I was the pilot flying. My time was divided between normal monitoring; outside scan and instruction on the FMS while heads down with the pilot not flying. Almost out of the turn; I looked up and saw a co-altitude glider approximately 500 FT away; pointed toward us at my 2 O'clock position. I took no evasive action since we were not on a direct collision course. However; we passed within approximately 200 FT laterally at the same altitude. The glider pilot apparently saw us about the same time because his bank angle increased to 45-60 degrees. There was no radio contact with the glider on CTAF (which we were monitoring).

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.

Distracted by training and FMS programming while maneuvering near an airport; the flight crew of a P-180 experienced a near midair collision with a sailplane.