PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9; Flight Crew Total 142; Flight Crew Type 100
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
Flying a return leg trip I overflew E60 at 4500 ft. MSL. I began to see parachutes in close proximity to my aircraft. I evaded the parachutes by making a turn to the east and dropping about 500 ft. altitude. The closest parachute was probably about 300-500 ft. in front of my airplane at the same altitude. The turn avoided the largest group of jumpers that seemed to be to the west of my position. I was not monitoring the Eloy CTAF at the time and was unaware of jumpers being released above my altitude.
Piper PA-28 pilot reported coming within 300-500 feet of a jumper while overflying E60 airport.