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The aircraft passed between two paragliders during climb out. There were no reports and no notams about their activity nearby spanning multiple days.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1281948 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | TBM 700/TBM 850 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 3850 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
On climb out departing ZZZ encountered 2 paragliders. We did not see them until we were upon them and passed between them; same altitude.flight was filed IFR but we were climbing out under VFR because conditions were VMC and we cannot communicate directly with ATC below 6000 ft in this area. Encountered the paragliders just before contacting ATC. Initially thought they were parachuting; but investigation with ATC showed no other aircraft (jump plane) in the vicinity on radar tapes. Further investigation revealed a launch area for paragliding south of the encounter. I have been in communication with the paragliding club and they inform me because they may hold events spanning multiple days they had been advised not to post NOTAMS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The aircraft passed between two paragliders during climb out. There were no reports and no NOTAMs about their activity nearby spanning multiple days.
Narrative: On climb out departing ZZZ encountered 2 paragliders. We did not see them until we were upon them and passed between them; same altitude.Flight was filed IFR but we were climbing out under VFR because conditions were VMC and we cannot communicate directly with ATC below 6000 ft in this area. Encountered the paragliders just before contacting ATC. Initially thought they were parachuting; but investigation with ATC showed no other aircraft (jump plane) in the vicinity on radar tapes. Further investigation revealed a launch area for paragliding south of the encounter. I have been in communication with the paragliding club and they inform me because they may hold events spanning multiple days they had been advised not to post NOTAMS.
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.