Skydiver has near miss with aircraft transiting jump area in A09 airspace.

Attributes
ACN	428261
Time
Date	199902
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : a09
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 485 msl bound upper : 13500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 1140 flight time type : 140
ASRS Report	428261
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac inflight encounter other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300 vertical : 50
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Skydivers exiting the jump aircraft over eagle airport, az, experienced a near miss with an aircraft in straight and level flight, while the jumpers were in freefall. Several groups of skydivers exited the cessna caravan from 13500 MSL (13000 ft AGL). One group of skydivers passed within 50 ft vertically and less than 300 ft horizontally from a small single engine aircraft. This aircraft was not observed to perform any evasive maneuvering. Announcements are made from takeoff through 3 mins, 2 mins, 1 min and jumpers away calls, on unicom 122.9 and bullhead tower 123.9. Many pilots do not seem to understand the hazard of skydivers, these near misses are not uncommon events.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SKYDIVER HAS NEAR MISS WITH ACFT TRANSITING JUMP AREA IN A09 AIRSPACE.

Narrative: SKYDIVERS EXITING THE JUMP ACFT OVER EAGLE ARPT, AZ, EXPERIENCED A NEAR MISS WITH AN ACFT IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLT, WHILE THE JUMPERS WERE IN FREEFALL. SEVERAL GROUPS OF SKYDIVERS EXITED THE CESSNA CARAVAN FROM 13500 MSL (13000 FT AGL). ONE GROUP OF SKYDIVERS PASSED WITHIN 50 FT VERTLY AND LESS THAN 300 FT HORIZLY FROM A SMALL SINGLE ENG ACFT. THIS ACFT WAS NOT OBSERVED TO PERFORM ANY EVASIVE MANEUVERING. ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE FROM TKOF THROUGH 3 MINS, 2 MINS, 1 MIN AND JUMPERS AWAY CALLS, ON UNICOM 122.9 AND BULLHEAD TWR 123.9. MANY PLTS DO NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE HAZARD OF SKYDIVERS, THESE NEAR MISSES ARE NOT UNCOMMON EVENTS.

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.