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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the fatality of a parachuting trainer after he became separated from his client during a dive in Nashville, Tennessee.

Police say trainer the instructor "appears to have fallen from the sky without a safety chute" during the dive on the weekend.

Fuller, 35 years old, appeared to have detached from his student and a dual harness, which links the two during a jump and includes the safety gear.

A law enforcement aircraft found the instructor's remains in a wooded area hours later. Local emergency crews utilized several ladders to reach the middle-aged client who lived through the fall after being stuck on a tree for hours with the emergency parachute.

Officials stated several additional jumps, which took place near Nashville's John C Tune airport, were carried out without incident prior to the deadly incident. Aircraft from which they jumped also touched down without issue.

The cause remains unknown how the instructor, an seasoned parachutist, got detached from the protective gear.

A individual who assisted fire crews in the operation informed a media outlet the student who officials saved mentioned "he was a first-time jumper, and it was going to be his final one".

Mr Fuller had previously posted about his passion for instructing people how to skydive.

"Teaching people to parachute has always been in my opinion the most satisfying job at the drop zone," the instructor said in an social media update in the summer.

"Watching them learn the skills and start flying their bodies is always a heartwarming experience. Occasionally though, it can become quite chaotic up there when you release a student for their first time."

That same month he shared images of the damage a skydiving plane he was on noting the aircraft's motor had malfunctioned after take off. All 20 people onboard lived through the incident.