Sometimes you're just unlucky

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April 24, 2005
DELAND
Skydiver Dies After Being Hit by Plane

A skydiving cinematographer and an airplane collided Saturday as both descended over a Central Florida airport, officials said.
Albert "Gus" Wing III of Longwood had jumped from the DHC-6 Twin Otter propeller plane during a jump organized by Skydive DeLand, said Cmdr. Randel Henderson of the DeLand Police Department.
According to a witness on the ground, Wing had deployed his parachute when he struck the left wing of the plane at about 600 feet, Henderson said.
Both of Wing's legs were severed at the knees, but he managed to maneuver his parachute and land near the airport, Henderson said. Wing was airlifted to a hospital, where he later died, Henderson said.
The plane landed safely with some damage to its left wing, Henderson said.
Fourteen other parachute jumpers were in the air at the time of the accident, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Holly Baker. She said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the collision.