Police are investigating a skydiving accident that left an experienced skydiver dead in Pepperell Sunday morning.A police spokesman said a Boston man died after an incident during a skydive at the Skydive Pepperell Center on 167 Nashua Road. The incident occurred at 11:05 a.m. and the victim was identified as Daniel Pelrine, 37.Watch report | See photos of scenePelrine was an experienced jumper and it is not yet known if his equipment malfunctioned, police said. He died of blunt trauma from the ground and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.A friend of Pelrine tells NewsCenter 5 that he had made more than 475 jumps."He was a gentle, honest, genuine person," said Chris MacDonald, a realtor who sold Pelrine his Mattapan home. "He was a great guy who liked the adrenaline of jumping."The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the skydiving accident. Investigators were on scene for hours, inspecting the plane and equipment.This isn't the first incident involving Skydive Pepperell.In June 2012 firefighters responded to Skydive Pepperell after thunderstorms blew three skydivers off course. One person struck a tree and suffered a back injury and two others were also taken to a hospital.In October 2010 a certified skydiver steered into a tree in Dunstable after his altitude meter malfunctioned. Andrew Stack spent three hours dangling at least 70 feet above the ground before he was freed by rescuers.Stack, diving with a Skydive Pepperell companion, suffered a leg injury and told The Eagle Tribune that would have been a fatal accident if he hadn't hit a tree.Officials at Skydive Pepperell say it appeared that both Stack's main chute and his automated emergency chute both deployed, which could have made it difficult for him to steer. The emergency chute may have deployed because the skydiver was dropping too low or too quickly.

Police are investigating a skydiving accident that left an experienced skydiver dead in Pepperell Sunday morning.

A police spokesman said a Boston man died after an incident during a skydive at the Skydive Pepperell Center on 167 Nashua Road. The incident occurred at 11:05 a.m. and the victim was identified as Daniel Pelrine, 37.

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Pelrine was an experienced jumper and it is not yet known if his equipment malfunctioned, police said. He died of blunt trauma from the ground and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

A friend of Pelrine tells NewsCenter 5 that he had made more than 475 jumps.

"He was a gentle, honest, genuine person," said Chris MacDonald, a realtor who sold Pelrine his Mattapan home. "He was a great guy who liked the adrenaline of jumping."

The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the skydiving accident. Investigators were on scene for hours, inspecting the plane and equipment.

This isn't the first incident involving Skydive Pepperell.

In June 2012 firefighters responded to Skydive Pepperell after thunderstorms blew three skydivers off course. One person struck a tree and suffered a back injury and two others were also taken to a hospital.

In October 2010 a certified skydiver steered into a tree in Dunstable after his altitude meter malfunctioned. Andrew Stack spent three hours dangling at least 70 feet above the ground before he was freed by rescuers.

Stack, diving with a Skydive Pepperell companion, suffered a leg injury and told The Eagle Tribune that would have been a fatal accident if he hadn't hit a tree.

Officials at Skydive Pepperell say it appeared that both Stack's main chute and his automated emergency chute both deployed, which could have made it difficult for him to steer. The emergency chute may have deployed because the skydiver was dropping too low or too quickly.