A helicopter pilot reported being made aware of an active skydiving jump zone; but was provided inco...

Attributes
ACN	1330005
Time
Date	201602
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Robinson R44
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 5050 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

I entered a left downwind for rwy 32; and during final approach I was advised by an aircraft on downwind that there were skydivers in the air heading for the west side of the runway. I said no problem; I would stay east of the runway. Upon hover taxi he corrected himself saying the landing zone was west of the runway and south of the hangar. I expedited my taxi north of the hangar and to the east. Upon landing I had a man yelling at me telling me that I had crossed the drop zone and that the airport had a NOTAM. As far as I am concerned a NOTAM is not an airport closure! I had announced my intentions on the CTAF; and if there were any conflict; I should have been advised by the pilot of the jump plane.prior to my departure I was advised by an individual on the ground that a jump was going to occur in a few minutes. I attempted to contact the pilot of the jump aircraft to no avail. As I was leaving the area he announced jumpers away. This issue could have been completely avoided if the pilot of the jump plane would talk to any and all traffic in the area. The pilot in the aircraft on downwind needs to learn situational awareness as to what direction east; west; north and south are.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot reported being made aware of an active skydiving jump zone; but was provided incomplete and incorrect information in regard to the specific location and timing of the activity.

Narrative: I entered a left downwind for rwy 32; and during final approach I was advised by an aircraft on downwind that there were skydivers in the air heading for the west side of the runway. I said no problem; I would stay East of the runway. Upon hover taxi he corrected himself saying the landing zone was West of the runway and south of the hangar. I expedited my taxi North of the hangar and to the East. Upon landing I had a man yelling at me telling me that I had crossed the drop zone and that the airport had a NOTAM. As far as I am concerned a NOTAM is not an airport closure! I had announced my intentions on the CTAF; and if there were any conflict; I should have been advised by the pilot of the jump plane.Prior to my departure I was advised by an individual on the ground that a jump was going to occur in a few minutes. I attempted to contact the pilot of the jump aircraft to no avail. As I was leaving the area he announced jumpers away. This issue could have been completely avoided if the pilot of the jump plane would talk to any and all traffic in the area. The pilot in the aircraft on downwind needs to learn situational awareness as to what direction East; West; North and South are.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.