# Accident 20030621013449A: Cessna 182H, Cushing, OK, June 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2003, 16:28 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Airport: Cushing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9358° N, 96.7792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9358&lon=-96.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8548S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8548S-2004-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 82 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030621013449A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW03FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA174), Jun 21, 2003: Cessna 182H (N8548S), Cushing, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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