https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2019/09/17/man-who-died-after-crash-had-blood-alcohol-level-greater-than-limit-drive/2352420001/

MARTIN COUNTY— Equipment issues and alcohol consumption were cited
in a lengthy report released Tuesday about a March hang gliding crash that left
a 49-year-old Stuart man dead.

Robin New, of the 700 block of Southwest St. Lucie Crescent, died March 23,
after a hang glider on which he was flying with another person crashed. No one
else was hurt.

They had been towed behind a boat in the area of the Jensen Beach Causeway,
according to the 249-page Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
report.

According to his autopsy report, New's cause of death was drowning and he had a
blood alcohol level of 0.10, which is greater than the 0.08 legal limit to
drive.

Officers said they found Modelo beer cans, a 12 pack box of Modelo beer and
bottles of the beer on the boat that was pulling the homemade hang glider.

According to the report by FWC, the "root cause of the accident was an
inadvertent deployment of the twin parachute drogue system while still on tow."

The report also noted "the lack of any safety brief and some basic safety
equipment (floatation devices, helmets, emergency parachute) and the homemade
nature of much of the towing system, demonstrated that the entire operation was
at best rather cavalier."

Another contributing factor was New's alcohol consumption.