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Takashi Koyama, 60, Identified After Fatal Skydiving Accident in Colorado

Takashi Koyama, 60, has been identified as the skydiver who died after his parachute appeared not to fully open during a Nov. 16 jump in Longmont, Colorado. Witnesses reported he was spinning and descending rapidly before impact, and bystanders performed CPR until emergency crews arrived. His son, Shizuka, launched a fundraiser to cover funeral costs and fulfill his father’s wish to be cremated and interred in both the U.S. and Japan. The jump was linked to Mile-Hi Skydiving; authorities are investigating.

11:05 AM, 11/26/2025Society
Takashi Koyama, 60, Identified After Fatal Skydiving Accident in Colorado

Authorities have identified the skydiver who died after an apparent parachute malfunction during a jump in Longmont, Colorado, on Nov. 16. The Boulder County Coroner named the victim as 60-year-old Takashi Koyama.

What happened

Witnesses reported seeing the jumper only a few hundred feet above the ground, descending rapidly while spinning, with what appeared to be a partially deployed parachute. Responders found the man face down in a field; bystanders initiated CPR and emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene.

"I saw something green on the ground and assumed it was one of the parachutes still coming down," a nearby witness recalled. "When I realized a person was on the ground, I called 911 and began CPR until first responders arrived."

Family and memorial efforts

Following notification of next of kin, Takashi's son, Shizuka Koyama, launched an online fundraiser to cover funeral and memorial expenses and to honor his father’s wish to be cremated and laid to rest in both the United States and Japan. Shizuka, who identifies himself as a nursing student, wrote that his mother died years earlier and that he is the only immediate family available to manage arrangements.

Context about the drop zone

The jump was conducted through Mile-Hi Skydiving. Company representatives confirmed an accident occurred on Nov. 16. This Nov. 16 incident is the seventh fatality linked to Mile-Hi Skydiving in the past seven years, following two deaths in 2018, two in 2019, one in 2021 and one in 2024.

The coroner’s office and local authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the jump and the parachute’s apparent failure to fully deploy.

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