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A CL65 flight crew observes a parachute opening at their altitude, just 300 ft to the right of their aircraft while vectored 18 NM northwest of swf, ny.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 455667 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : swf.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12750 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 455667 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac inflight encounter : skydivers non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 300 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While on vectors for swf provided by new york TRACON, observed a parachute open at the same altitude about 300 ft off the right nose. Advised TRACON of near miss and asked if she knew about jumpers in the area. She stated that she knew there was a jump plane up but had not been told of any jumpers out of the plane. Contributing was the fact that we were just coming out from under the edge of a broken cloud deck that was at about 6000 ft MSL. There was no time for evasive action. The only thing that might have helped was better communication between TRACON and the jump plane. This was too close for an area with a large volume of mixed traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CL65 FLC OBSERVES A PARACHUTE OPENING AT THEIR ALT, JUST 300 FT TO THE R OF THEIR ACFT WHILE VECTORED 18 NM NW OF SWF, NY.
Narrative: WHILE ON VECTORS FOR SWF PROVIDED BY NEW YORK TRACON, OBSERVED A PARACHUTE OPEN AT THE SAME ALT ABOUT 300 FT OFF THE R NOSE. ADVISED TRACON OF NEAR MISS AND ASKED IF SHE KNEW ABOUT JUMPERS IN THE AREA. SHE STATED THAT SHE KNEW THERE WAS A JUMP PLANE UP BUT HAD NOT BEEN TOLD OF ANY JUMPERS OUT OF THE PLANE. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE JUST COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE EDGE OF A BROKEN CLOUD DECK THAT WAS AT ABOUT 6000 FT MSL. THERE WAS NO TIME FOR EVASIVE ACTION. THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT HAVE HELPED WAS BETTER COM BTWN TRACON AND THE JUMP PLANE. THIS WAS TOO CLOSE FOR AN AREA WITH A LARGE VOLUME OF MIXED TFC.
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.