NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
GA pilot reported an NMAC with a skydiver in the vicinity of Pleasants Peak, California while on approach to SNA airport.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
While enroute to SNA, experienced near miss during descent around 6,000 ft. MSL near pleasant peak from a skydiver wearing a wingsuit. The skydiver was above and slightly to the right and was diving straight towards our aircraft. Upon realizing that the skydiver was descending right towards us, I maneuvered the aircraft to the left to create more space horizontally. The skydiver passed within 50 feet of us at the same altitude past our right wing head on.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
- Inflight Event / Encounter
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.