An air carrier took evasive action climb and turn to avoid an ultralight aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	273890
Time
Date	199405
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mwh
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other enroute airway : n90
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	273890
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 1000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

As we were climbing on departure from lga, we heard a commuter call out some traffic to departure control. We had the commuter in sight. They had reported what they thought was a pwred hang glider at approximately 11000 ft. Immediately we saw the traffic at our 12-1 O'clock position and took immediate evasive action. It was an unpwred hang glider that was approximately 10500-11000 ft. We rolled our aircraft into a 25-30 degree bank to the left and increased the rate of climb. The hang glider passed less than 1/4 mi to our right. We could clearly see the person in the glider as it passed on our right. It appeared to be red, yellow, and green.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR TOOK EVASIVE ACTION CLB AND TURN TO AVOID AN ULTRALIGHT ACFT.

Narrative: AS WE WERE CLBING ON DEP FROM LGA, WE HEARD A COMMUTER CALL OUT SOME TFC TO DEP CTL. WE HAD THE COMMUTER IN SIGHT. THEY HAD RPTED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A PWRED HANG GLIDER AT APPROX 11000 FT. IMMEDIATELY WE SAW THE TFC AT OUR 12-1 O'CLOCK POS AND TOOK IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION. IT WAS AN UNPWRED HANG GLIDER THAT WAS APPROX 10500-11000 FT. WE ROLLED OUR ACFT INTO A 25-30 DEG BANK TO THE L AND INCREASED THE RATE OF CLB. THE HANG GLIDER PASSED LESS THAN 1/4 MI TO OUR R. WE COULD CLRLY SEE THE PERSON IN THE GLIDER AS IT PASSED ON OUR R. IT APPEARED TO BE RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.