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Air carrier frt aircraft has near miss with a sky diver!
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 250690 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pae airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : sea |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 250690 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
In addition to the report submitted, I believe the parachute jumping activity should have been notamed. The jump activity should have been at least 3 mi to the side of clouds. Approach should have vectored my aircraft earlier, and I should have requested a vector away from the parachute jumping activity earlier. This letter concerns the near miss between my aircraft and a parachute jumper. On aug/xx/93 at XA00Z. Position; pae VOR 085 degree radial at 8 DME. Altitude: 6000 ft. WX: broken coverage, bases 3000 ft, tops 10000 ft. Cumuliform type clouds. Visibility unrestricted. Communications as I recall. XA52 approach: traffic, a jump aircraft over harvey. Reporter: thanks. XA59 jump aircraft: seattle approach, jumpers away in 1 min. Approach: (unintelligible grunt). XA59:30 approach: 12 O'clock, 1 mi out of 10000. Reporter: ok. XA59:45 reporter: approach, how about a divergent vector? Approach: turn right, no, turn left 270. Reporter: 270. XB00 reporter: I just missed a jumper by 1/4 mi. Approach: roger. Reporter: he had an orange chute, he was in and out of the clouds. Observations: it would be impossible to tell if a midair would have occurred if the vector was not followed. However, the proximity of the jumper was evident by the details visible, white drouge, orange canopy and dark jump suit. The jumper was clearly in and out of a tall cumulus cloud.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FRT ACFT HAS NEAR MISS WITH A SKY DIVER!
Narrative: IN ADDITION TO THE RPT SUBMITTED, I BELIEVE THE PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTAMED. THE JUMP ACTIVITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 3 MI TO THE SIDE OF CLOUDS. APCH SHOULD HAVE VECTORED MY ACFT EARLIER, AND I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED A VECTOR AWAY FROM THE PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY EARLIER. THIS LETTER CONCERNS THE NEAR MISS BTWN MY ACFT AND A PARACHUTE JUMPER. ON AUG/XX/93 AT XA00Z. POS; PAE VOR 085 DEG RADIAL AT 8 DME. ALT: 6000 FT. WX: BROKEN COVERAGE, BASES 3000 FT, TOPS 10000 FT. CUMULIFORM TYPE CLOUDS. VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED. COMS AS I RECALL. XA52 APCH: TFC, A JUMP ACFT OVER HARVEY. RPTR: THANKS. XA59 JUMP ACFT: SEATTLE APCH, JUMPERS AWAY IN 1 MIN. APCH: (UNINTELLIGIBLE GRUNT). XA59:30 APCH: 12 O'CLOCK, 1 MI OUT OF 10000. RPTR: OK. XA59:45 RPTR: APCH, HOW ABOUT A DIVERGENT VECTOR? APCH: TURN R, NO, TURN L 270. RPTR: 270. XB00 RPTR: I JUST MISSED A JUMPER BY 1/4 MI. APCH: ROGER. RPTR: HE HAD AN ORANGE CHUTE, HE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS. OBSERVATIONS: IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF A MIDAIR WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF THE VECTOR WAS NOT FOLLOWED. HOWEVER, THE PROX OF THE JUMPER WAS EVIDENT BY THE DETAILS VISIBLE, WHITE DROUGE, ORANGE CANOPY AND DARK JUMP SUIT. THE JUMPER WAS CLEARLY IN AND OUT OF A TALL CUMULUS CLOUD.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.