Kyle was on his 3rd jump of the day. Kyle and another jumper exited the aircraft and had an uneventful freefall. Kyle’s canopy opened with no issues according to others on the load. He was observed several times flying his usual approach from the opening area to the landing area. Kyle had no airspace or congestion issues while approaching the landing area. He was the first one into the landing pattern and the first to land. No witnesses were on the ground to see what exactly happened. The only witness for the approach to final was a jumper who was above and behind Kyle (about 1300’ AGL with about 1000’ of horizontal distance from the landing area) preparing for his landing approach. The jumper witnessed Kyle’s last few turns onto final and then a dust cloud after the impact (the initial impact was not observed). Kyle entered his pattern to land from the North to the South. The winds at the time of the accident were light and variable. Kyle was found facing North when the first jumper reached him 30 seconds after impact. The jumper stated that Kyle was unresponsive when he reached him. Approximately 10 seconds later another jumper who was also on the load landed right next to Kyle and the first jumper. This jumper is a paramedic and she started taking medical action immediately. Approximately 35 seconds later a jumper from the hangar arrived with a medical bag. EMS was called via cell phone and they showed up approximately 5-7 minutes later. Kyle was immediately rushed to the hospital where he passed away 9 days later.

Kyle had over 1600 jumps and was a Tandem Instructor and Coach at Skydive Fargo. Kyle’s personal gear is a Javelin container, Icarus 69 VX Main. Kyle was borrowing gear at the time of his accident. He was jumping a Javelin container with an Icarus 99 FX main canopy and a PD 113 reserve. Kyle had an exit weight of about 200lbs – Wing loading at about 2:1. He had 4 jumps in the last 30 days and approximately 50 Jumps in the last 12 months.