B737 flight crew reported an near midair collision with a glider that was not equipped with a transp...

Attributes
ACN	1357469
Time
Date	201605
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC

Narrative:

We had just leveled at 7000 feet over sweet intersection on the arrival into ewr when the first officer spotted a glider and called the traffic. We then saw the glider pass approximately 200-300 feet below the nose of our aircraft. It appeared that the glider was maneuvering to avoid us. We were headed northeast and the glider was headed west. We did not have a chance to maneuver our aircraft to avoid the glider. We did not receive a TCAS alert because the glider did not have a transponder. ATC did not report the traffic but did say gliders had been a problem in that area when we reported the near miss. The rest of the flight was uneventful. We reported the near miss to ATC and dispatch.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported an NMAC with a glider that was not equipped with a transponder while on approach to EWR.

Narrative: We had just leveled at 7000 feet over SWEET intersection on the arrival into EWR when the First Officer spotted a glider and called the traffic. We then saw the glider pass approximately 200-300 feet below the nose of our aircraft. It appeared that the glider was maneuvering to avoid us. We were headed northeast and the glider was headed west. We did not have a chance to maneuver our aircraft to avoid the glider. We did not receive a TCAS Alert because the glider did not have a transponder. ATC did not report the traffic but did say gliders had been a problem in that area when we reported the near miss. The rest of the flight was uneventful. We reported the near miss to ATC and Dispatch.

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B737 flight crew reported an near midair collision with a glider that was not equipped with a transponder while on approach to ewr.