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A lr-45 flight crew descending into ase experienced an RA and took evasive action to avoid a glider.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 843798 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ASE.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 45 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude |
Narrative:
We were cleared to descend to 17;000 on the descent into ase. We observed an aircraft below us on the TCAS display and ATC also informed us that there was traffic level at 16500. I slowed the descent and the airspeed to give us more time to acquire the aircraft visually. When we leveled at 17;000 the TCAS showed the aircraft only 100' below our altitude. We informed ATC of this and told him that we would probably have to deviate. He acknowledged by saying that was approved. We received an RA; which told us to climb and I complied with the RA. We climbed 700-1000 ft above our altitude and then saw the traffic; which ended up being a glider; which was climbing in a thermal. We advised ATC of our RA compliance and he instructed us to return to our altitude when able.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LR-45 flight crew descending into ASE experienced an RA and took evasive action to avoid a glider.
Narrative: We were cleared to descend to 17;000 on the descent into ASE. We observed an aircraft below us on the TCAS display and ATC also informed us that there was traffic level at 16500. I slowed the descent and the airspeed to give us more time to acquire the aircraft visually. When we leveled at 17;000 the TCAS showed the aircraft only 100' below our altitude. We informed ATC of this and told him that we would probably have to deviate. He acknowledged by saying that was approved. We received an RA; which told us to climb and I complied with the RA. We climbed 700-1000 FT above our altitude and then saw the traffic; which ended up being a glider; which was climbing in a thermal. We advised ATC of our RA compliance and he instructed us to return to our altitude when able.
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.