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FAA accident report · Cessna 182H · Cushing, OK · June 21, 2003

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Date
June 21, 2003 · 16:28 local
Place
Cushing, OK
Airport
Cushing Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8548S
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW03FA174
Reported as
Cessna 182H
Reported engine
Continental IO470*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
468 total82 in this make and model109 in the last 90 days
N8548SRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2004 · Cessna 182HS/N 18256648 · Built 1965Airframe modelCessna 182HEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On June 21, 2003, at about 1600 a Cessna 182-H aircraft departed Cushing municipal aiport (cuh) with six people onboard to conduct a skydiving jump. The aircraft climbed to 3500-4000 feet. According to several witnesses, shortly after the first jumper departed the aircraft, the aircraft went into a stall and a spin. Shortly after the spin started a second jumper departed the aircraft and a few seconds later another jumper departed the aircraft. The aircraft impacted terrain one-half mile south of runway 36 at cuh. The pilot was fatally injured, two parachutist were seriously injured, two parachutist received minor injuries and one parachutist was not injured. The aircraft impacted the ground in a relatively flat attitude. The cabin section of the fuselage was crushed downward and the wings and empennage were twisted consistent with a counter-clockwise rotational force at impact. The vertical stabilizer was bent towards the right. The aircraft came to rest on a heading of 220 degrees. The propeller blades displayed a forward twisting and bending.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 21, 2003, AT ABOUT 1600 A CESSNA 182-H AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CUSHING MUNICIPAL AIPORT (CUH) WITH SIX PEOPLE ONBOARD TO CONDUCT A SKYDIVING JUMP. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 3500-4000 FEET. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES, SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST JUMPER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A STALL AND A SPIN. SHORTLY AFTER THE SPIN STARTED A SECOND JUMPER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND A FEW SECONDS LATER ANOTHER JUMPER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 36 AT CUH. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, TWO PARACHUTIST WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, TWO PARACHUTIST RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE PARACHUTIST WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RELATIVELY FLAT ATTITUDE. THE CABIN SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE WAS CRUSHED DOWNWARD AND THE WINGS AND EMPENNAGE WERE TWISTED CONSISTENT WITH A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE ROTATIONAL FORCE AT IMPACT. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS BENT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 220 DEGREES. THE PROPELLER BLADES DISPLAYED A FORWARD TWISTING AND BENDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW03FA174Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCushing, OKThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.Jun 21, 2003 · Destroyed