Skydiving instructor Justin Fuller was killed in a tandem jump attempt accident. [Credit: Facebook]
Key Takeaways:
A skydiving instructor, Justin Fuller, died in Nashville after falling without a parachute during a tandem dive with a student.
Preliminary reports indicate Fuller and the student may have become stuck on the side of the airplane; Fuller separated and fell, while the student's emergency parachute deployed.
The student survived with minor injuries after being rescued from a tree, while Fuller, an experienced instructor, was found deceased later.
Inquiries into the investigation are currently limited as the FAA is operating with reduced communications due to a lapse in funding.
Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, are investigating the accident that killed a skydiving instructor over the weekend.
According to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, instructor Justin Fuller, 35, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, fell to earth without a parachute.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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