United flight from Houston appeared to hit a kite while landing at D.C. airport

A United Airlines flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday. 

The pilots reported the kite flying over Gravelly Point, a park just off the runway along the banks of the Potomac River on the Virginia side, according to Air Traffic Control audio. Flying kites there is prohibited because of its proximity to landing aircraft.

"It was over the park, about 100 feet over the ground, it looks like it's right on the flight path," pilots said.