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Air carrier captain reports a near midair collision with parachutists while on the downwind segment of the rokit 1 arrival to runway 4 at hou. Evasive action is taken and the incident is reported to ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1038747 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HOU.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 192 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Downwind to runway 4 at hou on the rokit arrival via the runway 4 transition; the first officer (pilot not flying) says; 'parachutist at 12 o'clock.' I disconnected the autopilot and turned right. Two more parachutists appeared deploying their chutes and passed extremely close to our airplane. We informed ATC and they had no idea there was jumping in that area. Obviously; we need to be aware of parachute jumping close to our arrival area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reports a NMAC with parachutists while on the downwind segment of the ROKIT 1 arrival to Runway 4 at HOU. Evasive action is taken and the incident is reported to ATC.
Narrative: Downwind to Runway 4 at HOU on the ROKIT Arrival via the Runway 4 transition; the First Officer (pilot not flying) says; 'Parachutist at 12 o'clock.' I disconnected the autopilot and turned right. Two more parachutists appeared deploying their chutes and passed extremely close to our airplane. We informed ATC and they had no idea there was jumping in that area. Obviously; we need to be aware of parachute jumping close to our arrival area.
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.