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Pilot reported encountering two tethered paragliders at 3;500 feet above a lake berryessa requiring evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1692954 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Seaplane or Amphibian |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1600 Flight Crew Type 740 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 2000 |
Narrative:
During routine seaplane training operations at lake berryessa in northern california; we encountered 2 unexpected; unannounced; tethered paragliders operating between the surface of the lake and up to 3;500 feet or higher. The paragliders were not operating on a day that was scheduled for operations per their website; there was no NOTAM; and we were unable to reach them on the lake frequency; the agreed frequency to communicate on with them. We saw them in time to do avoid collision conflict with them. However; the main danger with them is the tether line which is basically invisible. When we're conducting water landings at low altitude and they're up at 4;000 feet on a tether to a boat; there's no way for us to see it; and it poses a significant safety hazard to both our flight operations and their paragliding operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported encountering two tethered paragliders at 3;500 feet above a Lake Berryessa requiring evasive action.
Narrative: During routine seaplane training operations at Lake Berryessa in Northern California; we encountered 2 unexpected; unannounced; tethered paragliders operating between the surface of the lake and up to 3;500 feet or higher. The paragliders were not operating on a day that was scheduled for operations per their website; there was no NOTAM; and we were unable to reach them on the lake frequency; the agreed frequency to communicate on with them. We saw them in time to do avoid collision conflict with them. However; the main danger with them is the tether line which is basically invisible. When we're conducting water landings at low altitude and they're up at 4;000 feet on a tether to a boat; there's no way for us to see it; and it poses a significant safety hazard to both our flight operations and their paragliding operations.
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