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Crj-200 captain reported an airborne conflict with a glider on approach to unv airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1472085 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | UNV.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were cleared to 4;400 ft on descent. We punched through a cloud layer at 250 kts with 1000 ft to level off. I observed an object off the nose; slightly right of course. Unsure what it was; [I] looked down at the TCAS to try to identification it. After being unable to; I looked back up to track it and couldn't see it. A few moments later; I identified the object as a glider; which had been flying in and out of the clouds. As we were asked by ATC to identification the field; the glider started to turn into our flight path. At this point I immediately identified the glider to the flying pilot; the first officer. I told him to deviate around the glider as I contacted approach. The glider was not showing anything on ATC radar either. We passed the glider at less than half a mile at the same altitude. ATIS was reporting glider activity; but did not state an altitude or an exact location.I guess we could ask ATC for a more exact location of the glider. Had the glider not been violating far cloud clearance requirements; or had a working transponder; this would have never happened as we could have been more aware of its location and deviated earlier around it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-200 Captain reported an airborne conflict with a glider on approach to UNV airport.
Narrative: We were cleared to 4;400 ft on descent. We punched through a cloud layer at 250 kts with 1000 ft to level off. I observed an object off the nose; slightly right of course. Unsure what it was; [I] looked down at the TCAS to try to ID it. After being unable to; I looked back up to track it and couldn't see it. A few moments later; I identified the object as a glider; which had been flying in and out of the clouds. As we were asked by ATC to ID the field; the glider started to turn into our flight path. At this point I immediately identified the glider to the flying pilot; the First Officer. I told him to deviate around the glider as I contacted approach. The glider was not showing anything on ATC radar either. We passed the glider at less than half a mile at the same altitude. ATIS was reporting glider activity; but did not state an altitude or an exact location.I guess we could ask ATC for a more exact location of the glider. Had the glider not been violating FAR cloud clearance requirements; or had a working transponder; this would have never happened as we could have been more aware of its location and deviated earlier around it.
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.