# Incident 20191228018519I: Mount Sinai, NY, December 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mount Sinai, NY
- Airport: Na
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
- Location: 40.9418° N, 73.0202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sinai, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9418&lon=-73.0202&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 350 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191228018519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ARRIVED ONSCENE TO FIND A MINIPLANE TOP 80 PARAGLIDER BACKPACK STYLE GLIDER HANGING FROM A POWERLINE POLE. THE PIC INDICATED HE HAD DEPARTED CEDAR BEACH EARLIER IN THE DAY AND FLEW EASTWARD TO CLIFFS NEAR SOUND BEACH. HE WAS WORKING WITH STUDENTS FREEGLIDING (NO MOTOR) OFF THE CLIFFS. WHEN HE FINISHED WITH THE STUDENTS HE MOTORED BACK TO CEDAR BEACH. WITH THE WIND COMING FROM THE NORTH HE INTENDED TO LAND ON THE BEACH HEADING NORTH. HE WAS POSITIONING HIMSELF ON A DOWNWIND ENTRY. WHILE OVER THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE BEACH HE STATED HE INITIATED HIS TURN TO FINAL TOO LATE AND THE WIND PUSHED HIM INTO THE POWER LINES. HE STATED HE COULD HAVE DONE A WING OVER BUT WOULD HAVE SPUN INTO THE GROUND SO ACCEPTING HITTING THE LINES WAS THE BEST OPTION. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE KITE AND STRINGS. THE BACKPACK MOUNT MOTOR ITSELF HAD ONE BROKEN FRAME POINT AND A CRACKED PROPELLER BUT WAS OTHERWISE UNHARMED. THE AIRMAN AND UNIT ITSELF WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 103. THERE ARE NO LOCAL ORDINANCES AGAINST SUCH AN OPERATION. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED ON PROPER JUDGEMENT OF WIND, SPEED, AND REMAINING LANDING DISTANCE WHEN CONDUCTING A "CIRCLE TO LAND" MANEUVER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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