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The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into the death of a parachuting trainer following he became separated from his client during a jump in Music City, TN.

Authorities report instructor the instructor "is presumed to have dropped from the sky without a parachute" during the jump on Saturday.

The instructor, 35, appeared to have separated from his student and a dual harness, which connects the two during a dive and contains the parachute.

A law enforcement aircraft found the instructor's remains in a wooded area hours later. The Nashville Fire Department used multiple pieces of equipment to reach the 46-year old client who survived the descent after being stuck on a tree for some time with the backup chute.

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

The cause remains unknown how Mr Fuller, an experienced skydiver, became separated from the protective gear.

A man who assisted fire crews in the operation informed a local television station the student who authorities rescued mentioned "it was his first jump, and it was going to be his final one".

The instructor had previously posted about his passion for teaching others how to parachute.

"Instructing individuals to skydive has always been in my opinion the most rewarding role at the drop zone," the instructor wrote in an social media update in the summer.

"Observing students figure it out and start flying their selves is always a heartwarming experience. Sometimes though, it can become quite chaotic up there when you let someone go for their initial attempt."

That same month he posted photos of the wreckage a jump aircraft he was on saying the plane's engine had malfunctioned after take off. Every individual aboard survived.