Man dies in jump from skydiving plane
June 7, 2008
DUANESBURG, N.Y. - A 29-year-old man is dead after jumping from a skydiving plane Saturday afternoon west of Albany, according to State Police.
Troopers said they received a 911 call shortly before 2 p.m. from the Duanesburg Skydiving Club that a passenger jumped without a parachute.
Sloan Carafello, of Schenectady, was an observer on the flight from which three others were skydiving, police said. They found him next to a house with a damaged roof in Duanesburg, 15 miles west of Albany.
Robert Rawlins, pilot and owner of the Duanesburg Skydiving Club, told the Albany Times Union he was flying the single-engine plane at about 10,000 feet with the man aboard, as well as a skydiving instructor, a student and a videographer.
Rawlins said the instructor, student and videographer stepped out, and as he began to close the plane's door, the man leaped out, holding a camera but no skydiving gear.
Police said they did not suspect foul play
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