Piper PA-28 pilot reported coming within 300-500 feet of a jumper while overflying E60 airport.

Attributes
ACN	1258086
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	E60.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9 Flight Crew Total 142 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 250

Narrative:

Flying a return leg trip I overflew E60 at 4500 ft. MSL. I began to see parachutes in close proximity to my aircraft. I evaded the parachutes by making a turn to the east and dropping about 500 ft. Altitude. The closest parachute was probably about 300-500 ft. In front of my airplane at the same altitude. The turn avoided the largest group of jumpers that seemed to be to the west of my position. I was not monitoring the eloy CTAF at the time and was unaware of jumpers being released above my altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Piper PA-28 pilot reported coming within 300-500 feet of a jumper while overflying E60 airport.

Narrative: Flying a return leg trip I overflew E60 at 4500 ft. MSL. I began to see parachutes in close proximity to my aircraft. I evaded the parachutes by making a turn to the east and dropping about 500 ft. altitude. The closest parachute was probably about 300-500 ft. in front of my airplane at the same altitude. The turn avoided the largest group of jumpers that seemed to be to the west of my position. I was not monitoring the Eloy CTAF at the time and was unaware of jumpers being released above my altitude.

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