A skydiver who was killed when her parachute failed to properly deploy during a jump Sunday at the Lodi Parachute Center has been identified. The woman is 62-year-old Nina Mason of Colorado, according to Bill Dause, the owner of the center. Her husband was on the same jump with her, Dause said. According to Dause, Mason had completed more than 2,500 jumps over the years. Mason used to reside in California and was well known at the center, Dause said. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Mason was using her own equipment. Officials from the Coroner's Office in San Joaquin County responded to the scene Sunday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Department.The FAA said it will investigate the incident. According to FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, the agency’s skydiving accident investigations are typically limited to determining whether the parachute was properly packed.Sunday's death is the latest in a series of fatalities and violations at the Lodi Parachute Center. From 1999 to 2017, 15 people died jumping from planes that took off from the parachute center. In September 2016, 20 instructors at the center were suspended and 120 others were told they needed to undergo more training after an investigation by the United States Parachute Association.Earlier this year, the FBI served a search warrant at the skydiving center. | RELATED | Federal agents search skydive center near AcampoAt the time, the FBI did not disclose what the search warrant was connected to or what was found, but agents were seen leaving the center with cardboard boxes and filled trash bags.
LODI, Calif. (KCRA) — A skydiver who was killed when her parachute failed to properly deploy during a jump Sunday at the Lodi Parachute Center has been identified.
The woman is 62-year-old Nina Mason of Colorado, according to Bill Dause, the owner of the center.
Her husband was on the same jump with her, Dause said.
According to Dause, Mason had completed more than 2,500 jumps over the years.
Mason used to reside in California and was well known at the center, Dause said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Mason was using her own equipment.
Officials from the Coroner's Office in San Joaquin County responded to the scene Sunday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Department.
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The FAA said it will investigate the incident.
According to FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, the agency’s skydiving accident investigations are typically limited to determining whether the parachute was properly packed.
Sunday's death is the latest in a series of fatalities and violations at the Lodi Parachute Center.
From 1999 to 2017, 15 people died jumping from planes that took off from the parachute center.
In September 2016, 20 instructors at the center were suspended and 120 others were told they needed to undergo more training after an investigation by the United States Parachute Association.
Earlier this year, the FBI served a search warrant at the skydiving center.
| RELATED | Federal agents search skydive center near Acampo
At the time, the FBI did not disclose what the search warrant was connected to or what was found, but agents were seen leaving the center with cardboard boxes and filled trash bags.