# Cushing C2

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05603F8
- Manufacturer (registry): CUSHING
- Model: C2
- Aircraft type: Glider
- Category: Glider
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 60 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/cushing-c2

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## STCs approved for it (1)

- [STC SA286WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA286WE): Ceconite 101 covering of complete airplane.. Cooper Engineering Corporation

## NTSB investigations (1)

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

- [NTSB SEA89LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA130), Jul 9, 1989: Cushing C2 (N129C), John Day, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT IMPROPERLY CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE AIRPLANE BY ELONGATING HOLES AT THE WING ATTACHMENT. THE CHANGE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL. AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE, THE WING…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19890709020889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890709020889A), Jul 9, 1989: Conaer C2 (N129C), John Day, OR, Substantial damage. Left wing failed after liftoff and folded over aircraft as it crashed inverted. Wing spar and wing had dry rot.

## Service difficulty reports (1)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR CA020205002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA020205002), Jan 28, 2002: CYLINDER. FAILED. (CAN) A/C C-2 SKIMMERS, BOTH UTILIZE COLONIAL STYLE MAIN UNDER CARRIAGE OLEOS. ONE OLEO PER A/C CAME APART.THE MAIN GEAR OLEOS ARE CRACKING AT LOWER END CAP TO 

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Aeronca C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-c-2): 10 registered aircraft, registry code 0190101
- [Colonial C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/colonial-c-2): 6 registered aircraft, registry code 5110202
- [Hayward Jim C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/hayward-jim-c-2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607M2
- [Stearman C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stearman-c2): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8560205
- [Aeronca-Hess C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-hess-c2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0190105
- [Harvey Frank G C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/harvey-frank-g-c2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05610C7
- [Pozniak James C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pozniak-james-c-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615NH
- [Commercial C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/commercial-c-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05620ZE
- [Chamberlain Clarence D C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlain-clarence-d-c2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05636M2
- [Brown Mercury C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-mercury-c-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05636W4
- [Kreider-Reisner C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/kreider-reisner-c-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0764418
- [Fokker C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-c-2): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 4990523

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