Narrative:

On the let down into the phoenix area; east north east of lake pleasant; I had a near miss with a guy hanging from a parasail. I was talking to phoenix approach control at the time and had just been issued a frequency change to contact luke approach control. My eyes were temporarily in the cockpit while dialing in the new radio frequency and I did not see the parasail until alerted by a passenger in the back seat. We were in a highly-traveled corridor used by commercial and general aviation aircraft and the near miss occurred as the aircraft was descending through 6100 ft. I estimated vertical separation of 100 ft and lateral separation of 300 ft when the parasail was spotted off our left wing; close enough to make out the man's facial features. I reported the near miss to luke approach control.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 pilot reported a near miss with an individual operating a parasail in the vicinity of PHX.

Narrative: On the let down into the Phoenix area; East North East of Lake Pleasant; I had a near miss with a guy hanging from a parasail. I was talking to Phoenix Approach Control at the time and had just been issued a frequency change to contact Luke Approach Control. My eyes were temporarily in the cockpit while dialing in the new radio frequency and I did not see the parasail until alerted by a passenger in the back seat. We were in a highly-traveled corridor used by commercial and general aviation aircraft and the near miss occurred as the aircraft was descending through 6100 ft. I estimated vertical separation of 100 ft and lateral separation of 300 ft when the parasail was spotted off our left wing; close enough to make out the man's facial features. I reported the near miss to Luke Approach Control.

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.