Pilot and airport manager reported a runway incursion involving skydivers in close proximity to the ...

Attributes
ACN	1643291
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 1100
Person 2
Function	Airport Personnel
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1000 Vertical 100

Narrative:

On my takeoff roll on runway xx; while I was about 1/4 the way down the runway; doing >40 knots and accelerating; several (2 or 3) skydivers passed from right to left over the runway less than 100 feet above me; doing their final approach to the landing area on the left side of runway xx at mid-field. Effectively they were starting their flare to landing. A bit later and I could have easily been airborne at the time they passed over the runway. I consider this a runway incursion as they skydivers are prohibited from passing over the runway (I think at any altitude). Collision with a skydiver in my aircraft could easily result in multiple fatalities.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot and Airport Manager reported a runway incursion involving skydivers in close proximity to the runway while aircraft departed.

Narrative: On my takeoff roll on Runway XX; while I was about 1/4 the way down the runway; doing >40 knots and accelerating; several (2 or 3) skydivers passed from right to left over the runway less than 100 feet above me; doing their final approach to the landing area on the left side of Runway XX at mid-field. Effectively they were starting their flare to landing. A bit later and I could have easily been airborne at the time they passed over the runway. I consider this a runway incursion as they skydivers are prohibited from passing over the runway (I think at any altitude). Collision with a skydiver in my aircraft could easily result in multiple fatalities.

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Pilot and airport manager reported a runway incursion involving skydivers in close proximity to the runway while aircraft departed.