The man's identity hasn't yet been released as police are working to notify his next of kin.
Ron Bell, the United States Parachute Association's director of safety and training, said Sunday's accident is the first fatality related to what's classified as a canopy collision since 2017 in the country.
The last skydiving-related death in DeLand occurred in 2017 when a man intentionally didn't deploy his parachute, according to News-Journal research.
Eleven skydiving fatalities were reported nationwide in 2020, a record low, according to the United States Parachute Association. The rate of deaths was equally as low in 2018.