Yet another Cirrus pops it's chute

fholbert

fholbert

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Near Ashe County Airport (KGEV), Jefferson, North Carolina

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Story, video and more pictures here.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2015/11/cirrus-sr22-ran-air-llc-n334cm-incident.html
 
That pic shows the plane after everyone got out and the wind caught the chute and flipped it. Very windy here today in NC.
 
AAPalmTree said:
I understand it goes both ways but I think flyers with poor ADM skills are going to make insurance on cirrus expensive.
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It already is. My friend in Germany rents a Cirrus there without the CSIP program. He wasn't permitted to rent one in the States when he visits, because he hasn't completed CSIP. Even though he's been renting for years over there.
 
fholbert said:
I'm kind of the same way. Should you try to save the airplane or save lives?
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Seems in this case they actually happened to do both, coincidentally. Until the wind eventually pulled the plane over. But yeah, they saved themselves. Good decision here.
 
fast89pony said:
That pic shows the plane after everyone got out and the wind caught the chute and flipped it. Very windy here today in NC.
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Okay, I was wondering. I would have been very surprised that no one got injured with their cirrus landing with a chute and upside down.
 
I thought the plane was toast after a chute deployment, but have been told that is not necessarily so.
 
Itchy said:
I thought the plane was toast after a chute deployment, but have been told that is not necessarily so.
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The chute deployment itself requires some fiberglass work, but nothing severe. Typically the plane is totaled from the landing impact, but sometimes the plane can be repaired. Don't plan on flying the plane again.
 
What is it we tell people? As soon as there is an emergency the insurance company owns the airplane. What is it they say about 'chutes? When in doubt, pull it out.
 
Glad they walked away! Pity it got flipped after the fact - it looked in good shape right up until then!

I know of an SR22 flying again after a chute deployment, they did the fibreglass and repack and its back in the air regularly. I guess it all depends on what sort of impact it sustains in the landing sequence.

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USMCmech said:
The chute deployment itself requires some fiberglass work, but nothing severe. Typically the plane is totaled from the landing impact, but sometimes the plane can be repaired. Don't plan on flying the plane again.
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Cirrus has rebuilt the first aircraft that pulled the chute to only have the chute pulled again. I think they rebuilt it and have it on display somewhere.
 
I'd rather they pull the chute and live versus attempt to salvage a bad situation and die.

Besides, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. Any landing you can walk away from and use the airplane again is a great landing. So to these folks, I congratulate them on a good landing.
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Do you REALLY want to have to stuff a plastic, fixed-gear airplane that crosses the fence at 80kts in a field like that?

Reasons for pulling the chute aside, they do work & people live.
 
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