Cessna 182H accident near Cushing, OK

On June 21, 2003, a Cessna 182H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cushing, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

June 21, 2003

Place

Cushing, OK

Aircraft

Cessna 182H · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 2 serious, 2 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

35.936°N, 96.779°W

NTSB ID

20030626X00959

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 21, 2003, approximately 1630 central daylight time, a single-engine Cessna 182H airdrop modified airplane, N8548S, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of control while conducting an airdrop for parachutists near Cushing, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, two parachutists were seriously injured, two parachutists received minor injuries, and one parachutist was not injured. The airplane was owned and operated by the Oklahoma Skydiving Center of Cushing, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 parachute activity flight. The local flight departed the Cushing Municipal Airport (CUH) approximately 1600. A police officer, standing on the south side of the skydiving hangar, who was video taping the event for his friend, who was the first parachutist to exit the airplane, observed the plane bank to the left after his friend exited the airplane. The officer continued video taping his friend and heard someone say that something was wrong with the airplane. He looked up at the airplane and observed that the plane was in a "nose dive" and "spinning toward the ground." As the airplane was spinning toward the ground, he observed two parachutists exit the airplane. Once the airplane descended to tree line level, the witness heard what sounded like the engine revving. One witness, who was standing next to the skydiving hangar, observed one parachutist jump out of the airplane and then observed the airplane bank to the left and enter a "

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.