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Pilot reported passing under a parachutist on his landing roll at asd airport and suggests relocating the drop zone to a safer area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1734045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ASD.Airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Sport 19 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 1400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
Landing at asd. Wind was reported light and variable. During flight I noticed from ground fires that winds were coming from the east.at approach 3 miles out a parachute jump plane reported jumpers away at 10;000 ft. And below. On final all three of the parachutists had their parachute canopies open and drifting east as expected. On landing two of the parachutes were on the ground; one landing on the parking area east of the drop zone and far way from my aircraft. I was at least 2;500 ft. Away from them. The third had somehow steered his parachute over the runway and my only choice was to continue my roll-out because making a go-around would have put my aircraft closer to the parachutist.when I turned off the runway the parachutist had just landed on the edge of the runway and was pulling in his chute. So I am assuming he landed 10 seconds after I passed under him.the drop zone being used at asd is too close to the runway. The drop zone is actually just to the center of the runway between the taxiway and runway. There is plenty of room at the north or south end of the runway; and [that] would be a safer place for landing parachutes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported passing under a parachutist on his landing roll at ASD airport and suggests relocating the drop zone to a safer area.
Narrative: Landing at ASD. Wind was reported light and variable. During flight I noticed from ground fires that winds were coming from the east.At approach 3 miles out a parachute jump plane reported jumpers away at 10;000 ft. and below. On final all three of the parachutists had their parachute canopies open and drifting east as expected. On landing two of the parachutes were on the ground; one landing on the parking area east of the drop zone and far way from my aircraft. I was at least 2;500 ft. away from them. The third had somehow steered his parachute over the runway and my only choice was to continue my roll-out because making a go-around would have put my aircraft closer to the parachutist.When I turned off the runway the parachutist had just landed on the edge of the runway and was pulling in his chute. So I am assuming he landed 10 seconds after I passed under him.The drop zone being used at ASD is too close to the runway. The drop zone is actually just to the center of the runway between the taxiway and runway. There is plenty of room at the north or south end of the runway; and [that] would be a safer place for landing parachutes.
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.