# Incident 20251004014599I: Nashville, TN, October 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2025, 11:20 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C Tune
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.1830° N, 86.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN C TUNE (JWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1830&lon=-86.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,175 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004014599I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHILE AIRBORNE, AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SKYDIVER IN A TANDEM JUMP CONFIGURATION BECAME STUCK HANGING FROM THE AIRCRAFT STEP AFTER ATTEMPTING TO EXIT. THE SKYDIVERS BECAME DISLODGED AND BEGAN TO FREEFALL. A RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED BUT SKYDIVERS MISSED THE DROP ZONE. STUDENT WAS FOUND SUSPENDED 60FT IN TREES CONSCIOUS AND RESPONSIVE, INSTRUCTOR WAS LOCATED DECEASED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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