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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the fatality of a parachuting trainer following he got detached from his student during a dive in Music City, TN.

Police report trainer the instructor "is presumed to have dropped from the sky without a safety chute" during the jump on the weekend.

Fuller, 35, seems to have separated from his client and a tandem rig, which connects the two during a dive and includes the safety gear.

A law enforcement aircraft located the instructor's remains in a forested zone some time after. The Nashville Fire Department used multiple pieces of equipment to access the middle-aged client who lived through the descent after being stuck on a tree for hours with the emergency parachute.

Police stated several additional jumps, which occurred near a local airport, were carried out without incident before the fatal fall. The plane from which they jumped also touched down without issue.

It is unclear how the instructor, an seasoned parachutist, became separated from the safety equipment.

A individual who helped fire crews in the rescue informed a media outlet the student who authorities rescued said "he was a first-time jumper, and it was going to be his last".

Mr Fuller had recently written about his enthusiasm for instructing people how to skydive.

"Teaching people to parachute has always been in my view the most rewarding job at the jump site," Mr Fuller said in an social media update in the summer.

"Observing students learn the skills and begin maneuvering their selves is consistently a heartwarming moment. Occasionally though, it can become quite chaotic up there when you release a student for their initial attempt."

During that period he posted photos of the wreckage a jump aircraft he was on noting the aircraft's motor had malfunctioned after departure. All 20 people onboard lived through the incident.