Helicopter
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35; Flight Crew Total 1496; Flight Crew Type 1202
Communication Breakdown; Distraction; Situational Awareness; Workload
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Chart Or Publication; Procedure
Near miss with a glider above 0E0 at 9;200 FT MSL. Made four advisory calls on the CTAF approaching the airport to alert traffic that we will by overflying; VFR with a southbound heading. First radio call at 15 miles; second at 9 miles; third at 2 miles; and the fourth while overflying the airport. The only traffic making radio calls were a 'Conquest' call sign and a fixed-wing towing a glider; both were reporting departures straight out on Runway 26 (and we achieved visual of both aircraft departing the airfield). Seconds after reporting our altitude of 9;200 FT MSL and position passing over the airfield; we had a near miss with a glider passing at our 2 o'clock position/same altitude. The aircraft had a climbing; left turn attitude. We immediately made a radio call in the blind to any traffic on the CTAF that there was a glider not reporting over the airport at 9;000 FT and began a rapid descent to 8;000 FT MSL to expedite out of the area. No traffic responded to our announcement of a near miss. At 9;200 T MSL; we were in Class E airspace. There were no clouds/ceiling and visibility was greater than 10 miles.
A Military helicopter pilot reported a near miss with a glider at 9;200 FT over 0E0 after making three CTAF position reports approaching the airport.