# Incident 20160724019039I: Cessna 182B, Cushing, OK, July 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.9797° N, 96.7618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cushing, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9797&lon=-96.7618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7198E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7198E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160724019039I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2016, A SKY DIVER FELL OUT OF THE JUMP HARNESS DURING AN INSTRUCTOR LEAD JUMP  IN CUSHING, OK, AT APPROX 1600 HOURS LOCAL. THERE WAS A LIGHT BREEZE OUT OF THE SW WITH VMC CONDITION AT THE TIME. THE INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE STUDENT (THIS WAS THE 4TH JUMP) AND STABLIZED THEIR FREE FALL. THE INSTRUCTOR RELEASED THE STUDENT AND THEY CONTINUED THE FREE FALL UNTIL THE STUDENT DEPLOYED THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED THE FREE FALL TO CLEAR THE STUDENTS PATH AND DEPLOYED THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT SEE THE STUDENT AND GROUND PERSONNEL COULD NOT ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT. THE REMAINS WERE FOUND THE NEXT DAY. THE HARNESS WAS FOUND WITH ALL THE STRAPS INTACT EXCEPT FOR THE BELLY STRAP.

NAME: SHERALYNN MARIA NEFF

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER: STUNDENT TRAINING AT OKSKYDIVERS IN CUSHING, OK. 1 TANDUM JUMP, 2 ACCELERATED FREE FALL (AFF) INSTRUCTOR JUMPS AND 1 SINGLE AFF INSTRUCTOR JUMP RESULTING IN THE FATAL INCIDENT.

CLUB AFFILIATION: JUMPER WAS A STUDENT AND HAD NOT PRIOR JUMPING HISTORY.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS: RESERVE WAS PACKED BY THE RECORD ON THE CHUTE. A SKY MASTER 230 MIRAGE RTS STUDENT TRAINING SYSTEM. NO RECORD IS MAINTAINED FOR THE PACKING OF THE MAIN.

## Other reports on N7198E (1)

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

- [Accident 19840908047829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908047829A), Sep 8, 1984: Cessna 182B (N7198E), Kannapolis, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot could not stop aircraft on wet runway. Attempted go around but aircraft ran off end of runway into lake.

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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