Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, was conscious and alert when first responders arrived at the scene at Skydive New England in Lebanon, Maine, News Center Maine reports. The incident occurred when he was unable to perform a “flair” during a dive, a maneuver that would have allowed him to slow before landing, officials told the station.

A Massachusetts man was badly injured after making a hard landing during a skydiving accident in Maine on Monday. Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, was injured when he fell hard following complications skydiving in Lebanon, Maine, just before noon Monday.