PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITY GETS PLT IN VIOLATION OF FARS.

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IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY DAY AT THE PARACHUTE CTR. I WAS BASICALLY FLYING NON-STOP. BACK TO BACK LOADS TO 13500 FT; WHICH IS THE NORMAL JUMP ALT. ON 1 LOAD I WAS REQUESTED TO MAKE JUMP RUN LOWER THAN NORMAL OVER THE ARPT. ONE GUY WAS; AS I WAS TOLD; JUMPING INTO A PARTY JUST OFF THE ARPT BY ABOUT 1/2 MI. I DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE INTENDED TO LAND. I WAS TOLD ROUGHLY WHERE IT WAS AND I KNEW THE JUMPER TO BE EXPERIENCED; SO I FELT CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD NOT CREATE A HAZARD OF ANY KIND. IT WAS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE LITTLE TOWN OF ZEPHYRHILLS. I MADE A NORMAL JUMP RUN LIKE FOR THE OTHER JUMPERS; BUT AT ABOUT 6500 FT. HE GOT OUT AND I CONTINUED MY CLB TO 13500 FT WHERE I FLEW THE SAME JUMP RUN. THE FAA APPEARS TO BELIEVE THAT THIS JUMP WAS MADE AGAINST THE REGS IN FAR PART 105 FOR 3 REASONS: 1) NO NOTAM FILED. TRUE; BUT THE JUMP WAS MADE AT THE EXACT SAME LOCATION AS ALL THE OTHER JUMPS MADE THAT DAY. HE DID NOT LAND AT THE SAME PLACE; BUT PEOPLE HAVE LANDED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ARPT ON OTHER JUMPS WHEN THEY EVEN HAVE TRIED TO LAND AT THE ARPT. HE LANDED APPROX 1 MI FROM THE CTR OF THE ARPT. THE PARACHUTE ACTIVITY IS DEPICTED ON THE CHART AS A 7 DAY A WK OP. 2) JUMP INTO OR OVER A CONGESTED AREA. THIS IS A MATTER OF DEFINITION OF CONGESTED AREA. WHERE HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE ARE ONLY OPEN FIELDS. WHERE HE LANDED HAS A WELDING SHOP; A GAS STATION; A FRUIT MARKET AND OPEN FIELDS. WHERE THIS JUMPER LANDED THERE WERE FIELDS BIG ENOUGH TO LAND AN AIRPLANE. SOME HOUSES TO 1 SIDE BUT WITH OPENINGS IN BTWN THEM. I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A CONGESTED AREA. 3) THE JUMPER WAS WEARING EQUIP THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY TSO STANDARDS. NOT TRUE. HE WAS WEARING A CONTAINER MADE BY MANUFACTURER X. HE WAS WEARING A RESERVE PARACHUTE WHICH IS MADE BY MANUFACTURER Y. BOTH APPROVED BY TSO STANDARDS. I CANNOT SEE THAT I DID ANYTHING THAT WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FAR PART 105. I WAS NOT PROPERLY INFORMED WHERE HE INTENDED TO LAND AND THAT WAS MY FAULT. I KNEW ROUGHLY BUT I CAN SEE THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I KNEW THE EXACT LOCATION. I TRUSTED THE JUMPER'S JUDGEMENT AND RIGHTFULLY SO. HE WAS FINE. NO ONE GOT HURT AND NO HAZARD WAS CREATED. END OF STORY.