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PA34 pilot reported coming upon parachute jumpers necessitating evasive action in the vicinity of 4a4 airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1417596 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 4A4.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-34-220T Turbo Seneca III |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 1484 Flight Crew Type 612 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 5000 Vertical 2000 |
Narrative:
We were doing practice approaches in VFR. We were on our way to rmg to shoot the GPS approach to RW1. I was under the hood; the safety pilot saw a parachutist we immediately deviated. We were listening to 4a4 CTAF; but did not hear info about parachute jump. In my briefing; I did not see a NOTAM about parachute jumpers in my route. While there was plenty of space to maneuver it was a concern as we did not know if there were other parachutists in the area. In retrospect I should have asked for flight following. In the future I intend to do all practice approaches under an IFR flight plan in constant communication with ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA34 pilot reported coming upon parachute jumpers necessitating evasive action in the vicinity of 4A4 Airport.
Narrative: We were doing practice approaches in VFR. We were on our way to RMG to shoot the GPS approach to RW1. I was under the hood; the safety pilot saw a parachutist we immediately deviated. We were listening to 4A4 CTAF; but did not hear info about parachute jump. In my briefing; I did not see a NOTAM about parachute jumpers in my route. While there was plenty of space to maneuver it was a concern as we did not know if there were other parachutists in the area. In retrospect I should have asked for flight following. In the future I intend to do all practice approaches under an IFR flight plan in constant communication with ATC.
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.