A pilot departed S43 runway 33. At 200 feet the pilot turned left to avoid a parachutist which resul...

Narrative:

S43 is a privately-owned public-access airport; with a flight school with fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft; and a sky diving operation. Advanced and tandem sky divers land in a designated lz on the airport; near the north end of the airport; just east of the runway. Sky divers stay east of the runway. (Less experienced sky divers land about a mile east of the airport.)the sky was clear; visibility greater than 10 miles; with a light wind from the north. While doing my preflight and preparing for takeoff; I intermittently saw sky divers landing in the lz. They were all approaching the lz form the east; over a taxiway; assuring that there would be no conflicts with aircraft using the runway. I also noticed a helicopter working the traffic pattern. I recognized the helicopter.runway 33 is clearly marked with a large sign advising pilots to turn to a heading of 290 degrees as soon as practical for noise abatement. As I started my takeoff roll on runway 33; I saw several sky divers descending; all east of the runway. As I climbed through about 200-300 feet AGL; I saw a skydiver swing wide to the west side of the drop zone; right over the right edge of the runway; right in front of me. I estimated the sky diver to be about 100 feet above me; descending quickly. Although the sky diver turned back to my right; away from the runway; I immediately started my left turn to 290 degrees; to assure that I missed the sky diver. My attention was focused on the sky diver; to be sure that they kept moving away from me. About 20 degrees into the turn I took a quick look to my left; in the direction of my turn. I was surprised to see the training helicopter about 70-80 feet away; at my altitude; converging. The helicopter appeared to be in level flight; flying parallel to the runway; in my same direction; at my altitude. I can't think of any logical reason for it to have been there. Had I continued the turn to 290; a midair would have been likely. I immediately turned back to my right; toward the runway. Fortunately; the sky diver was now clear of my flight path. I continued on my flight without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departed S43 Runway 33. At 200 feet the pilot turned left to avoid a parachutist which resulted in a NMAC with a helicopter in the landing pattern.

Narrative: S43 is a privately-owned public-access airport; with a flight school with fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft; and a sky diving operation. Advanced and tandem sky divers land in a designated LZ on the airport; near the north end of the airport; just east of the runway. Sky divers stay east of the runway. (Less experienced sky divers land about a mile east of the airport.)The sky was clear; visibility greater than 10 miles; with a light wind from the north. While doing my preflight and preparing for takeoff; I intermittently saw sky divers landing in the LZ. They were all approaching the LZ form the east; over a taxiway; assuring that there would be no conflicts with aircraft using the runway. I also noticed a helicopter working the traffic pattern. I recognized the helicopter.Runway 33 is clearly marked with a large sign advising pilots to turn to a heading of 290 degrees as soon as practical for noise abatement. As I started my takeoff roll on runway 33; I saw several sky divers descending; all east of the runway. As I climbed through about 200-300 feet AGL; I saw a skydiver swing wide to the west side of the drop zone; right over the right edge of the runway; right in front of me. I estimated the sky diver to be about 100 feet above me; descending quickly. Although the sky diver turned back to my right; away from the runway; I immediately started my left turn to 290 degrees; to assure that I missed the sky diver. My attention was focused on the sky diver; to be sure that they kept moving away from me. About 20 degrees into the turn I took a quick look to my left; in the direction of my turn. I was surprised to see the training helicopter about 70-80 feet away; at my altitude; converging. The helicopter appeared to be in level flight; flying parallel to the runway; in my same direction; at my altitude. I can't think of any logical reason for it to have been there. Had I continued the turn to 290; a midair would have been likely. I immediately turned back to my right; toward the runway. Fortunately; the sky diver was now clear of my flight path. I continued on my flight without further incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1295872
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	S43.Airport
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Sea Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 2747 Flight Crew Type 2703
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Miss Distance	Horizontal 75 Vertical 0

A pilot departed S43 runway 33. At 200 feet the pilot turned left to avoid a parachutist which resulted in a near midair collision with a helicopter in the landing pattern.