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Small aircraft pilot reported a near midair collision with a skydiver.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1746856 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HDF.VOR |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Climbing VFR out of ZZZ enroute to ZZZ1 by way of frets intersection; to vplsr and the special flight rules VFR corridor. Already on with VFR flight following on march approach. Climbing; about to level off at 6;500 feet ; on a flight path towards frets which took me north of lake elsinore and the glider and parachute drop zones; I saw a skydiver immediately at my 12 o'clock; same altitude; under canopy (full canopy extension). As I saw him aggressively attempt to change direction with his canopy; I simultaneously banked my airplane aggressively to the right; which seemed the only evasive option; while also concerned more parachute jumpers may be above me; drifting down. I successfully avoided the parachute jumper; and saw no others. It was the closest mid-air; aircraft or otherwise; I have encountered. ATC gave me a vector to turn right to a heading of 360 within 90 seconds of the encounter I had with the jumper. I had not relayed anything to ATC. I obliged with the turn; and eventually was given on course heading a couple minutes later. After reviewing my charts countless times and my flight track/path upon landing; I still see I was well clear (I was both north and northeast of both areas) of the published glider and parachute areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot reported a NMAC with a skydiver.
Narrative: Climbing VFR out of ZZZ enroute to ZZZ1 by way of FRETS Intersection; to VPLSR and the Special Flight Rules VFR corridor. Already on with VFR Flight Following on March Approach. Climbing; about to level off at 6;500 feet ; on a flight path towards FRETS which took me north of Lake Elsinore and the glider and parachute drop zones; I saw a skydiver immediately at my 12 o'clock; same altitude; under canopy (full canopy extension). As I saw him aggressively attempt to change direction with his canopy; I simultaneously banked my airplane aggressively to the right; which seemed the only evasive option; while also concerned more parachute jumpers may be above me; drifting down. I successfully avoided the parachute jumper; and saw no others. It was the closest mid-air; aircraft or otherwise; I have encountered. ATC gave me a vector to turn right to a heading of 360 within 90 seconds of the encounter I had with the jumper. I had not relayed anything to ATC. I obliged with the turn; and eventually was given on course heading a couple minutes later. After reviewing my charts countless times and my flight track/path upon landing; I still see I was well clear (I was both north and northeast of both areas) of the published glider and parachute areas.
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.