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A TRACON instructor controller and their trainee reported a VFR aircraft reported evasive action to avoid a parachutist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1462497 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MKE.TRACON |
| State Reference | WI |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR22 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Single Engine Turboprop Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute Instructor |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Developmental |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was conducting training. Aircraft X was descending after dropping parachutes out at 14500 feet. Aircraft Y was VFR northwest bound with altitude at his discretion. Aircraft Y was indicating about 4000 feet; descending; and was about 10 miles southeast of the airport. Aircraft X was descending around 4500 feet and I was going to give it a few more miles and then tell the trainee to turn aircraft Y. Aircraft X reported jumpers no factor and the trainee terminated his radar services. He was also below aircraft Y's altitude; so I was comfortable allowing him to overfly the airport. Almost 3 minutes later aircraft Y reported that he had to deviate for a jumper. I communicated with him that we were told jumpers were no factor.the jump aircraft should stay above the highest jumper and not tell us they are no factor until all jumpers are actually no factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TRACON Instructor Controller and their Trainee reported a VFR aircraft reported evasive action to avoid a parachutist.
Narrative: I was conducting training. Aircraft X was descending after dropping parachutes out at 14500 feet. Aircraft Y was VFR northwest bound with altitude at his discretion. Aircraft Y was indicating about 4000 feet; descending; and was about 10 miles SE of the airport. Aircraft X was descending around 4500 feet and I was going to give it a few more miles and then tell the trainee to turn Aircraft Y. Aircraft X reported jumpers no factor and the trainee terminated his RADAR services. He was also below Aircraft Y's altitude; so I was comfortable allowing him to overfly the airport. Almost 3 minutes later Aircraft Y reported that he had to deviate for a jumper. I communicated with him that we were told jumpers were no factor.The jump aircraft should stay above the highest jumper and not tell us they are no factor until all jumpers are actually no factor.
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.