The first officer of a de havilland dhc-8-100 reported that they received an RA to descend 1000 feet...

Narrative:

22 NM south of ZZZ VOR we received a RA to descend at roughly 1000 feet per minute to avoid traffic. Center warned of glider activity and gave us a left turn to 330 degrees to avoid and give proper clearance. Upon complying we noticed that they had vectored us into the path of 2 gliders flying erratically (random altitude and heading changes). Requested 10 to the right to avoid traffic as we had them in sight and they were heading away from the requested heading. Gliders then circled back around and into the path of the aircraft. At this time we were issued a RA to descend to which we complied. Descended 400 feet and then issued a maintain vertical speed RA and notified ATC of the deviation. ATC cleared us back to 4000 and a heading for 330 degrees to clear the area. After which we went on course. RA and TA were announced in headset and displayed on vsi.we were vectored into an area that had glider traffic that was not in communication with ATC. Traffic was in sight and complied with RA to avoid conflict with aircraft.auto pilot was disengaged and RA was complied with by pilot flying. I was asked by pilot flying to monitor the vsi and TCAS as well as notify ATC of the deviation. After clear of the conflict we resumed course and altitude.ATC vectored us into glider traffic that was flying erratically. Flying at low altitude was a factor as we were in a very busy GA area that does not communicate with ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The First Officer of a De Havilland DHC-8-100 reported that they received an RA to descend 1000 feet per minute to avoid Glider traffic. ATC vectored them into more glider traffic.

Narrative: 22 NM South of ZZZ VOR we received a RA to descend at roughly 1000 feet per minute to avoid traffic. Center warned of glider activity and gave us a left turn to 330 degrees to avoid and give proper clearance. Upon complying we noticed that they had vectored us into the path of 2 gliders flying erratically (random altitude and heading changes). Requested 10 to the right to avoid traffic as we had them in sight and they were heading away from the requested heading. Gliders then circled back around and into the path of the aircraft. At this time we were issued a RA to descend to which we complied. Descended 400 feet and then issued a maintain vertical speed RA and notified ATC of the deviation. ATC cleared us back to 4000 and a heading for 330 degrees to clear the area. After which we went on course. RA and TA were announced in headset and displayed on VSI.We were vectored into an area that had glider traffic that was not in communication with ATC. Traffic was in sight and complied with RA to avoid conflict with aircraft.Auto pilot was disengaged and RA was complied with by pilot flying. I was asked by pilot flying to monitor the VSI and TCAS as well as notify ATC of the deviation. After clear of the conflict we resumed course and altitude.ATC vectored us into glider traffic that was flying erratically. Flying at low altitude was a factor as we were in a very busy GA area that does not communicate with ATC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1383325
Time
Date	201608
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Conflict NMAC Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude

The first officer of a de havilland dhc-8-100 reported that they received an RA to descend 1000 feet per minute to avoid glider traffic. ATC vectored them into more glider traffic.