Private pilot reported almost hitting a skydiver during descent.

Attributes
ACN	1574968
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HHR.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-24 Turbo Comanche
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 600 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I was cleared into class B airspace and given direct to hhr and allowed to descend at my discretion. Approximately 5 miles out and approximately 2000 feet MSL I saw a person wearing a helmet; goggles; and some sort of harness at my 2 [o'clock] position. I applied full left aileron to avoid hitting the person. I was not able to tell if it was a para-plane; a parachutist; or exactly what I saw as there was not time. I did not see a chute or canopy; probably because it happened so fast. I notified socal approach that I almost hit someone; maybe a parachutist or something. Approach asked me to contact hawthorne tower; which I did and continued to land the plane. Since I was under ATC control; if the radar track and my discreet transponder code were recorded; my exact position and altitude could be identified when I made the evasive turn to the left.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Private pilot reported almost hitting a skydiver during descent.

Narrative: I was cleared into Class B Airspace and given direct to HHR and allowed to descend at my discretion. Approximately 5 miles out and approximately 2000 feet MSL I saw a person wearing a helmet; goggles; and some sort of harness at my 2 [o'clock] position. I applied full left aileron to avoid hitting the person. I was not able to tell if it was a para-plane; a parachutist; or exactly what I saw as there was not time. I did not see a chute or canopy; probably because it happened so fast. I notified SoCal Approach that I almost hit someone; maybe a parachutist or something. Approach asked me to contact Hawthorne Tower; which I did and continued to land the plane. Since I was under ATC control; if the radar track and my discreet transponder code were recorded; my exact position and altitude could be identified when I made the evasive turn to the left.

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.