A 24-year-old skydiving employee lost her life when she was struck by a plane's propeller on Sunday.

Sarah Rhoads, of Ohio, died from a severe head wound inflicted by a spinning propeller at the Start Skydiving facility in Middletown, WHIO-TV reported. The cause of death was confirmed by the Montgomery County Coroner's office.

The fatal accident occurred when Rhoads, the facility's office manager, walked out onto the tarmac to ask a pilot if he wanted something to eat. But Rhoads somehow walked into the moving propeller on the wing of a standing airplane.

The beloved employee's death is "just a freak accident that I wish never happened," John Hart, co-owner of Start Skydiving, told WLWT-TV.

Hart said Rhoads would often walk out onto the tarmac near Middletown Regional Airport to ask the pilots if they were hungry. Rhoads must have forgotten that the plane had two propellers on its wings, Hart told WHIO-TV.

An investigation into the incident has been launched by the Federal Aviation Administration, which is required whenever there is an accident involving an airplane.

This is the first time Start Skydiving has had an accident involving a propeller since it was founded nine years ago, Hart told WHIO-TV.

Employees gathered at the facility on Tuesday to remember Rhoads. A banner that read "never quit" was put up and a memorial was set up where the incident occurred. Her co-workers said Rhoads would have wanted them to carryon without her, WLWT-TV reported.

"It signifies who Sarah really is and the life she lived," Hart told the station. "Never quit. And that's our motto and that's going to carry us through."

The company plans to add more fences and gates to the facility. Even though it would not have prevented the accident, the added security measures could prevent future tragedies, Hart told WLWT-TV.