While flying the shead SID from las; a B737-700 flight crew took evasive action at approximately 10;...

Attributes
ACN	1012859
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID SHEAD 7
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Ultralight
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 441 Flight Crew Type 8500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 250

Narrative:

[We] departed 25R at las on the shead 7 departure. While climbing through 10;000 ft past taark; we saw three powered parachutes at our altitude and directly in front of us. I disconnected the autopilot and increased our climb rate to avoid hitting them. One of the vehicles was missed by approximately 200-300 ft just under the nose. The other two passed under the left wing at about 500 ft. ATC was notified. No altitude or navigation deviations occurred.this is the first time I have seen this type of aircraft in this area. Some type of FAA circular should be sent to the owners of those types of aircraft in the area warning them of the danger of a 150-knot airplane running over them in the departure corridor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While flying the SHEAD SID from LAS; a B737-700 flight crew took evasive action at approximately 10;000 MSL to avoid a flight of three powered parachutes.

Narrative: [We] departed 25R at LAS on the SHEAD 7 Departure. While climbing through 10;000 FT past TAARK; we saw three powered parachutes at our altitude and directly in front of us. I disconnected the autopilot and increased our climb rate to avoid hitting them. One of the vehicles was missed by approximately 200-300 FT just under the nose. The other two passed under the left wing at about 500 FT. ATC was notified. No altitude or navigation deviations occurred.This is the first time I have seen this type of aircraft in this area. Some type of FAA circular should be sent to the owners of those types of aircraft in the area warning them of the danger of a 150-knot airplane running over them in the departure corridor.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

While flying the shead SID from las; a B737-700 flight crew took evasive action at approximately 10;000 MSL to avoid a flight of three powered parachutes.