A pilot released skydivers that crossed the active runway prior landing at mgj.

Attributes
ACN	453985
Time
Date	199910
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mgi.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 1400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : charter
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	other : 105
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : charter
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 25
ASRS Report	453985
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

On oct/xa/99 after releasing skydivers at orange county airport in new york, several (4 or 5) of the jumpers were forced to land on the wrong side of the active runway (runway 3/21) to avoid crossing the runway at low altitudes. To my knowledge, there were no near misses or gars caused by this incident. Announcements were made on orange county's CTAF, that skydiving activities would take place at 5 min, 2 min and 1 min intervals prior to release, and an announcement that jumpers were in the air during the actual release.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PLT RELEASED SKYDIVERS THAT CROSSED THE ACTIVE RWY PRIOR LNDG AT MGJ.

Narrative: ON OCT/XA/99 AFTER RELEASING SKYDIVERS AT ORANGE COUNTY ARPT IN NEW YORK, SEVERAL (4 OR 5) OF THE JUMPERS WERE FORCED TO LAND ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ACTIVE RWY (RWY 3/21) TO AVOID XING THE RWY AT LOW ALTS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE WERE NO NEAR MISSES OR GARS CAUSED BY THIS INCIDENT. ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE ON ORANGE COUNTY'S CTAF, THAT SKYDIVING ACTIVITIES WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 5 MIN, 2 MIN AND 1 MIN INTERVALS PRIOR TO RELEASE, AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JUMPERS WERE IN THE AIR DURING THE ACTUAL RELEASE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.