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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the death of a skydiving instructor following he got detached from his client during a dive in Music City, TN.

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

Fuller, 35, seems to have separated from his client and a dual harness, which connects the two during a jump and includes the safety gear.

A police helicopter located Fuller's body in a forested zone hours later. Local emergency crews used multiple pieces of equipment to access the 46-year old student who survived the fall after being trapped on a tree branch for some time with the emergency parachute.

Officials stated three other dives, which took place near Nashville's John C Tune airport, were successfully completed prior to the deadly incident. The plane from which they leaped also landed safely.

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

A man who assisted rescue teams in the operation told 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.

"Teaching people to skydive has consistently been in my opinion the most satisfying job at the jump site," Mr Fuller said in an social media update in the summer.

"Observing students figure it out and start flying their selves is always a heartwarming moment. Sometimes though, it can get a little hectic up there when you let someone go for their first time."

During that period he posted images of the wreckage a jump aircraft he was on noting the plane's engine had failed after departure. Every individual onboard survived.