L39 pilot reports near midair collision with glider in the traffic pattern.

Attributes
ACN	841704
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	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Glider aircraft appeared out of nowhere. No radio calls. It would have been nice if glider would have advised it was in the traffic pattern so as to avoid conflict. These gliders are a constant problem; by not making radio calls per the aim.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: L39 pilot reports NMAC with glider in the traffic pattern.

Narrative: Glider aircraft appeared out of nowhere. No radio calls. It would have been nice if glider would have advised it was in the traffic pattern so as to avoid conflict. These gliders are a constant problem; by not making radio calls per the AIM.

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.