Narrative:

My route typically takes me over ape VOR where I start the CINCE6 arrival into hao. As normal; I was handed off from cleveland center to dayton approach when nearing day airspace. I received a heading vector from cleveland before the handoff of 270 which took me from the 248 radial/heading of the arrival. From radio conversations and NOTAMS I inferred there was some jumping activity [skydiving] causing my heading vector; but I was never directly informed of the reason. I received a descent clearance from dayton to leave 10;000 ft and descend to 6;000 ft; upon reaching 6;000 ft I was cleared 'on course'. By this time I had been on the vector for quite some time and had mostly left all the arrival fixes behind; so I questioned the controller about the meaning of 'on course'. I asked him if it was 'direct to hao?' he answered in the affirmative. On reaching 6;000 ft I turned as cleared; which gave me roughly a 210 heading direct to hao. I was soon cleared to 4;000 ft. Upon reaching 4;000 ft I soon saw the first of 2 parachutists at about my 1 o'clock and high. I initially estimate his distance from me of 200 ft. I was certain from his trajectory that we were not on a collision course; and therefore I did not maneuver; but maintained heading and altitude and continued scanning for more of his kind...which I soon saw. I estimated the 2nd jumper to be 200 ft from me initially and in the same general area. I did not alter course the second time either; feeling certain that our courses were close but not converging. I did not follow them visually as they passed my right wing because I was more concerned with keeping an eye out for more of them. I was flying [a] cj single pilot that day. Upon seeing the first jumper; I informed dayton approach. He said (paraphrasing) 'cincinnati should have more info on that for you...contact cincinnati approach...' it was sometime during that hand off that I saw the second jumper. I immediately switched; and called cincinnati approach and on the check in gave them the same report; this time with 2 jumpers being missed by 200 ft. I got a 'roger' from cincinnati on the report and nothing more.

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Title: CE525 pilot experiences a NMAC with skydivers at 4;000 FT in CVG airspace. Reporting the incident elicits only a 'Roger' from ATC.

Narrative: My route typically takes me over APE VOR where I start the CINCE6 Arrival into HAO. As normal; I was handed off from Cleveland Center to Dayton Approach when nearing DAY airspace. I received a heading vector from Cleveland before the handoff of 270 which took me from the 248 radial/heading of the arrival. From radio conversations and NOTAMS I inferred there was some jumping activity [skydiving] causing my heading vector; but I was never directly informed of the reason. I received a descent clearance from Dayton to leave 10;000 FT and descend to 6;000 FT; upon reaching 6;000 FT I was cleared 'on course'. By this time I had been on the vector for quite some time and had mostly left all the arrival fixes behind; so I questioned the controller about the meaning of 'on course'. I asked him if it was 'direct to HAO?' He answered in the affirmative. On reaching 6;000 FT I turned as cleared; which gave me roughly a 210 heading direct to HAO. I was soon cleared to 4;000 FT. Upon reaching 4;000 FT I soon saw the first of 2 parachutists at about my 1 o'clock and high. I initially estimate his distance from me of 200 FT. I was certain from his trajectory that we were not on a collision course; and therefore I did not maneuver; but maintained heading and altitude and continued scanning for more of his kind...which I soon saw. I estimated the 2nd jumper to be 200 FT from me initially and in the same general area. I did not alter course the second time either; feeling certain that our courses were close but not converging. I did not follow them visually as they passed my right wing because I was more concerned with keeping an eye out for more of them. I was flying [a] CJ single pilot that day. Upon seeing the first jumper; I informed Dayton approach. He said (paraphrasing) 'Cincinnati should have more info on that for you...contact Cincinnati Approach...' It was sometime during that hand off that I saw the second jumper. I immediately switched; and called Cincinnati Approach and on the check in gave them the same report; this time with 2 jumpers being missed by 200 FT. I got a 'Roger' from Cincinnati on the report and nothing more.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.