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Wow. Looks like it dropped in there completely vertically. The pilot is a mort right there in that second frame.
 
Re: SR-22 Crash HOLY Sh...!!!

after a while the cirrus lambo doors need a fixing...had trouble with mine and had to abort myself.
 
Horrifying, RIP to the pilot and condolences to friends/family.

How many of you CFIs teach take-offs with a door open? Do you think that may help out with tragedies like this? I know my instructor would occasionally sneak a door open for a "reasonable distraction".
 
DA-40's had an issue with doors.. It's why we sold ours.. That and they are teh suk.

Someone already said it.. A.N.C. or crash I guess.. Up to ya..
 
On a related note, another problem with the accidents that have been occurring at KDVT is that there is no Crash/Fire/Rescue or Aircraft Rescue FireFighting vehicles at the airport. Surprising, simply due to the sheer volume of operations that go on there daily. But because it's all GA and there's no air carrier operations, no ARFF Index is required under 14 CFR 139. It surprises me as an ARFF firefighter myself for that reason, as well as the fact that Phoenix can easily afford to have at least a ramp truck available. Back in the day, there used to be a rescue truck, Rescue 19, based right next to the main terminal which had a limited firefighting capability. But that was gotten rid of in about 1989-1990. The nearest fire station is Station 36, located about a mile south of the airport in the industrial area on the south side of Deer Valley Road. Still, being off airport, their response time still takes a bit for anything on-field, or for anything on the north or west side of the field. That, and they're only equipped with a structural engine, a water tender, an ambulance and brush truck. Their nearest backup is Station 50 with about a 10 minute reponse time traffic allowing, bringing an extra structural engine and an extra ambulance. They also have a ladder, ladder tender and utility truck; none of which are really useful for ARFF. Even the structural engines aren't the best thing for ARFF, but are better than nothing, however the structural firefighters aren't ARFF trained formally....and that can be a bad thing, as we saw during the EMS helicopter crash in Tucson and the response to that last year. To this day, I don't know why Phoenix FD won't spend some money on an ARFF capability, instead of dropping money on new structural engines every few years. Phoenix-Goodyear (KGYR) is the same situation, with their no ARFF on field, and the nearest station being a structural station about a mile away and equipped with a structural engine, a ladder, and ladder tender which can all be used.
 
Hell, the window can pop open on a 757 on takeoff. Not only can you rotate, climb, fly a pattern and make an uneventful landing with it wide open, you can also finish your coffee pretty much unscathed in the opposite seat.
 
Does anyone else find the nature of some of the posts in this thread incredibly morbid? Just sayin. The video is literally of someone loosing their life.
 
jonnydwolf said:
How many of you CFIs teach take-offs with a door open?
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There was more than once that I would reach over and pop the door on a student either just before, at or just after rotation, then sit back and fold my arms. Most people would just fly. I had a few students freak out, and try to get me to take the airplane so they could close the door. But alas, just fly the airplane, and all is well that ends well.
 
mshunter said:
Does anyone else find the nature of some of the posts in this thread incredibly morbid? Just sayin. The video is literally of someone loosing their life.
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Ultimately, we have to learn from it or we're doomed to repeat the same mistake.
 
Well, I've heard of Navajo baggage doors blanketing the tail, any chance that the open door changed the "flyability" of the airplane? This is pretty damn gruesome.
 
Cirruses don't kill people, Cirrus pilots kill people.

The door mechanism on those things is pretty easy to operate, but the latch is easily bent to make it tough for the door to close completely. Alas the fix is quite easy as well, just bend the latch back into place and tighten its screws. I think that it really should be a recurring AD every 1000 hours or so.

On another note the window popped open on my first solo (damn elbow hit the latch on the window of a 172, N848SP to be exact). It scared the manhood outta me, but my superior piloting skills allowed me to make a normal pattern and land with me being able to walk away and talk about it. I'm pretty sure Chuck Norris was taking notes.
 
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