FAA FSDO INSPECTOR HAD APPROVED A TEMPORARY JUMP ZONE IN THE MISSED APCH FIX AREA FOR THE ILS APCH WITHOUT COORD WITH APCH CTLR OR REQUIRING THE JUMP ACFT PLT TO CONTACT APCH CTL WHEN AIRBORNE.
Synopsis
FAA FSDO INSPECTOR HAD APPROVED A TEMPORARY JUMP ZONE IN THE MISSED APCH FIX AREA FOR THE ILS APCH WITHOUT COORD WITH APCH CTLR OR REQUIRING THE JUMP ACFT PLT TO CONTACT APCH CTL WHEN AIRBORNE.
Narrative
PARACHUTE JUMPING NOTAM WAS ISSUED FOR A TEMPORARY JUMP ZONE MAY/WED/00; XA30-XC30; BDR 050 DEG RADIAL; 7 DME; 2 NM RADIUS DOWN TO 6000 FT. THE PROB IS THAT THIS TEMPORARY JUMP ZONE IS LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BDR ILS RWY 6 MISSED APCH HOLDING AREA (PUBLISHED HOLDING AT MILUM INTXN). APPARENTLY NO PROVISIONS WERE MADE WHEN THE JUMP AUTH WAS ISSUED TO HAVE THE JUMP ACFT ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN 2-WAY COMS WITH THE APPROPRIATE NY TRACON ATC SECTOR ('LOVES'; 126.95); SO THAT JUMP ACTIVITIES COULD BE COORDINATED WITH IFR ARRS EXECUTING THE ILS RWY 6 INTO BDR. WITHOUT KNOWING WHEN JUMP ACFT WOULD BE AIRBORNE; NOR WHEN JUMPERS WOULD BE AIRBORNE; NY TRACON WOULD HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PROTECT THE MISSED APCH AREA BY DENYING THE ILS RWY 6 TO ANY INBOUND ACFT. SINCE THE CEILING AND WINDS WERE 012 OVCST APPROX 090 DEGS AT 10 KTS; THIS WOULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY CLOSED BDR TO ALL IFR ARRS FOR THE 3 HR PERIOD THE JUMP ZONE WAS ACTIVE. I HAD TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CONTACT SIKORSKY HELI'S TWR (CT41) (THE JUMP ZONE WAS INSIDE OF CT41'S CLASS D) AND ASK THEM TO ENSURE THAT JUMP ACFT WOULD CONTACT US ON 126.95 WHEN AIRBORNE. AGAIN; THE POINT IS THAT THE FAA'S OFFICE WHICH HAS THE AUTH TO APPROVE SUCH ACTIVITIES SHOULD HAVE PROCS WHICH REQUIRE 2-WAY COM WITH THE AFFECTED APCH CTL IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SAFETY WHILE ACCOMMODATING USER REQUESTS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.