A family of six are heartbroken after their father was killed in a horrific skydiving accident on the NSW far south coast.
Roger Goltz, a Jervis Bay local who has been skydiving for decades, was doing his 77th jump on Saturday, accompanied by his 18-year-old son, when tragedy struck.
His wife, Kelly, told 7NEWS.com.au Roger turned too low and fast due to the wind, which put him at the wrong angle to land.
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“My son Kai came in after him and saw the crash but didn’t realise how bad it was or that it was his dad on the ground,” she said.
“It wasn’t until he saw his shoe on the ground that he knew … it was pretty horrific for him.”
Kelly said Roger suffered a critical head injury upon hitting the ground, which knocked him unconscious.
“There was a Toll helicopter nearby which airlifted him to Canberra where he was pronounced dead on Sunday,” she said.
Kelly said the incident was a freak accident, however, the circumstances are still being investigated.
The jump was conducted by Skydive Oz in Moruya.
“The guy I spoke to said there are mishaps where people turn wrong or too low, but they usually walk away from it,” Kelly said.
“But he said he’s never seen anything like this … where the end result is just catastrophic.”
Kelly went on to describe Roger as a loving father who “always chased adventure”.
“The kids are going to miss their best friend,” she said.
“My eldest daughter was saying just today that dad could make anything happen.”
Following the tragedy, Kelly says their family risks losing their Jervis Bay home.
“We can’t afford to keep it,” she said.
“But we desperately don’t want to lose it.”
A GoFundMe has since been organised to help support the family, who say they have been left with an ‘irreplaceable void in our hearts’.
7NEWS.com.au has contacted Skydive OZ for further comment.