# Incident 19980816027619I: Cushing, OK, August 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Airport: Cushing Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816027619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE SKYDIVER EXITED THE JUMP PLANE. SEVERAL PEOPLE OBSERVED THAT THE MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT OPEN. THE CANOPY APPEARED TO WRAP AROUND ITSELF AND STREAM OUT ABOVE THE SPIRALING SKYDIVER. AT APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 800 AGL, THE SKYDIVER RELEASED ("CUT AWAY") THE MAIN CANOPY. THE RESERVE CANOPY WAS NOT DEPLOYED AND SKYDIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE MAIN CANOPY INDICATES THAT THE RELEASE APPEARED TO HAVE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE SKYDIVER PACK THE MAIN CANOPY HIMSELF, IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A HAPHAZARD MANNER. INSPECTION OF THE RESERVE PARACHUTE REVEALED THAT THE RELEASE HANDLE PIN WAS STOWED, THE PIN WAS ENGAGED TO THE CLOSING LOOP, AND THE RIGGER SEAL WAS ATTACHED. UPON TESTING, THE RESERVE CANOPY FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS PACKED BY A RIGGER ON 08/06/98. IT APPEARS THAT THE SKYDIVER MADE NO ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE RESERVE.

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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