GA pilot reported departing rpj during parachute activity and having to make an evasive turn after t...

Narrative:

While taxiing for takeoff on runway 07 at rpj; I heard an announcement 'jumpers away...' I believe the pilot said 4000 or 5000 feet above rpj. This is an airport with known parachute activity. When I got to the end of runway 07 I heard a radio call indicating the jump plane was landing in the grass parallel to runway 07. After landing; the plane taxied across runway 07 to the ramp. I observed no traffic on the takeoff path and commenced takeoff. After liftoff; at about 100-200 ft agl; off to my left; maybe 500-1000 feet away I observed a parachute. I immediately started a turn to the right to avoid any possible traffic conflict.about 2 minutes later on CTAF (unicom) I was called by someone on the ground in the parachute operation that the jumpers were not happy about the occurrence. Neither was I. I took off in the belief that if I departed immediately after the jump plane landed there would be no problem. The jump plane was definitely aware of my presence as I had told him it was ok to cross runway 07 further down on CTAF. I have never been involved in flight during active parachute activity. Flying with a high wing aircraft could have been part of the problem as cockpit visibility is somewhat limited. In the future; if I ever go back to rpj with active parachute activity; I will ask the parachute group to an 'all clear' prior to commencing takeoff on CTAF.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA Pilot reported departing RPJ during parachute activity and having to make an evasive turn after takeoff to avoid a parachute jumper.

Narrative: While taxiing for takeoff on runway 07 at RPJ; I heard an announcement 'jumpers away...' I believe the pilot said 4000 or 5000 feet above RPJ. This is an airport with known parachute activity. When I got to the end of runway 07 I heard a radio call indicating the jump plane was landing in the grass parallel to runway 07. After landing; the plane taxied across runway 07 to the ramp. I observed no traffic on the takeoff path and commenced takeoff. After liftoff; at about 100-200 ft agl; off to my left; maybe 500-1000 feet away I observed a parachute. I immediately started a turn to the right to avoid any possible traffic conflict.About 2 minutes later on CTAF (Unicom) I was called by someone on the ground in the parachute operation that the jumpers were not happy about the occurrence. Neither was I. I took off in the belief that if I departed immediately after the jump plane landed there would be no problem. The jump plane was definitely aware of my presence as I had told him it was ok to cross runway 07 further down on CTAF. I have never been involved in flight during active parachute activity. Flying with a high wing aircraft could have been part of the problem as cockpit visibility is somewhat limited. In the future; if I ever go back to RPJ with active parachute activity; I will ask the parachute group to an 'all clear' prior to commencing takeoff on CTAF.

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	1396863
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RPJ.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 700

GA pilot reported departing rpj during parachute activity and having to make an evasive turn after takeoff to avoid a parachute jumper.