Originally Posted by
WLIU
Unfortunately, this was an entirely avoidable incident. Both the pilot and the skydiver could have exercised more situational awareness to prevent this accident. At an active skydiving center, the local pilots should know to look around and especially upwards when in the pattern. That's where skydivers come from. I am always amazed how few pilots think in 3 dimensions. And the skydiver should know better than to land on or too near an active runway. They all know that's where the airplanes are. Those folks will be a lot more careful in the future.
Y'all be careful out there.
Wes