Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 750; Flight Crew Type 450
Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
On an IFR flight plan cleared direct CSN when jumpers were released by an aircraft above me. The aircraft which was on the frequency was told to be on the lookout for me at 7;000 and cleared down to 7;500. I was told to turn 20 degrees west to skirt CSN VOR which was about a mile away. As I settled on that heading the jumper plane zoomed across my nose in a diving turn not more than a few hundred yards away. In response to the instruction to level at 7;500 (which he was already well below); he replied 'I have the traffic.' I have contacted the Potomac TRACON operations center as well as the FSDO. It would appear that the pilot of the jumper plane was trying to beat his jumpers to the ground. In the process he nearly caused a mid-air and failed to comply with ATC instructions.
TB20 pilot reported an NMAC with an aircraft that had released jumpers in the vicinity of HWY airport.