PLT OF C182 IS CONCERNED ABOUT ORGANIZED PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITIES AT EUL.

Date: 2006-06 · Aircraft: Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG · Phase: approach

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

PLT OF C182 IS CONCERNED ABOUT ORGANIZED PARACHUTE JUMPING ACTIVITIES AT EUL.

Narrative

WHILE ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN ON A R-HAND 45 DEG ENTRY FOR RWY 30 (EUL) WE HEARD AND OBSERVED 'JUMPERS AWAY' FROM A CE182 FLOWN BY A LCL AND BUSY SKYDIVING OP. SEVERAL JUMPERS WERE OBSERVED DEPLOYING THEIR CHUTES. WHILE TURNING BASE LEG AND FINAL; SKYDIVERS WERE OBSERVED LNDG IN 2 DIFFERENT DROP ZONES ON THE S AND N SIDE OF RWY 30 (EUL) IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. THE SKYDIVER LNDG IN THE N DROP ZONE WAS DRIFTING DIRECTLY OVER THE RWY WHILE OUR ACFT WAS ON FINAL; SECONDS AFTER OBSERVING THIS; THE SKYDIVER FINALLY DRIFTED BACK TO THE N. I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS COMPANY IS USING SEVERAL DROP ZONES ON THE ARPT AND FREQUENTLY AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DROP ZONE TO THE N OF THE RWY IS FOR BEGINNER SKYDIVERS. THIS SITUATION WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND PLACES THE OCCUPANTS OF ACFT AND THE SKYDIVERS AT SERIOUS RISK. THE ACFT WAS COMMITTED TO LAND AND A GAR WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT DUE TO THE CHANGING POS OF THE DRIFTING SKYDIVERS ON BOTH THE S AND N SIDE OF THE RWY. THIS ARPT IS A VERY BUSY GA ARPT; WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO HVY HELI TRAINING; FIXED-WING TRAINING; AND ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY. THE HELIS AND ULTRALIGHTS USE THE S PATTERN AND FIXED-WING USE THE N PATTERN.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.