# Incident 19870620048119I: Cessna 182, Cushing, OK, June 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Airport: Cushing Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.9500° N, 96.7734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSHING MUNI (CUH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9500&lon=-96.7734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6493A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6493A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 50 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870620048119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

USING A SLOW OPENING CHUTE BECAME ALARMED AND CUT AWAY TOO SOON. ALSO FAILED TO THUMB RESERVE D RING. FATAL IMPACT.

## Other reports on N6493A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980728023979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980728023979A), Jul 28, 1998: Cessna 182 (N6493A), California City, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power. Crash landed in desert. (.19)on July 28, 1998, at 1515 hours pacific daylight itme, a Cessna 182, N6493A, experienced a loss of engine power during…
- [Incident 19870704038409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704038409I), Jul 4, 1987: Cessna 182 (N6493A), Piedmont, OK. Chutist was attempting to avoid a pipe barrier on landing and impacted in an unstable position.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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