An MD83 took evasive action to avoid a sailplane at his assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	888646
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Other VFR
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 13500 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 200

Narrative:

Our flight was on an IFR flight plan in VFR weather conditions. We were on radar vectors for a visual approach and we were level at 6000 ft as cleared. I noticed a glider coming directly towards us at our altitude. I immediately took the controls from the first officer and stated 'pull up; pull up.' then I keyed the microphone and told approach control we were climbing from 6000 feet to 7000 feet for traffic avoidance. We climbed to 6700 feet and then returned to our assigned altitude of 6000 feet. There was no TCAS warning as the glider had no transponder or electrical system. I estimate we missed the glider by 200 feet vertically.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD83 took evasive action to avoid a sailplane at his assigned altitude.

Narrative: Our flight was on an IFR flight plan in VFR weather conditions. We were on radar vectors for a visual approach and we were level at 6000 ft as cleared. I noticed a glider coming directly towards us at our altitude. I immediately took the controls from the First Officer and stated 'PULL UP; PULL UP.' Then I keyed the microphone and told Approach Control we were climbing from 6000 feet to 7000 feet for traffic avoidance. We climbed to 6700 feet and then returned to our assigned altitude of 6000 feet. There was no TCAS warning as the glider had no transponder or electrical system. I estimate we missed the glider by 200 feet vertically.

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.