Cirrus down.. all is good.

Here comes a long drawn out discussion about chutes... Glad everyone is ok. Although it might be an "easy way out," it's hard to deny that lives were saved by it today...
 
gotWXdagain said:
I would think that even if it landed soft enough to save the spar, the engine took a dunk, so yeah probably a parts pig.
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Cirrus actual took one years ago and got it airworthy again. If I remember right it had a second chute deployment.

Need a pair of 430's cheap?
 
PeanuckleCRJ said:
Sad how people take the easy way out and deploy the chute. What happened to being pilots?
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We don't know the whole story but if the ice was thinner landing it might of flipped in and submerged them underwater. Lets wait and see what the report says.
 
When I did my PPL in the SR20 we were told that if you pulled the chute, you were guaranteeing a totaled airframe.
 
Seeing there were fairly close to the airport (according to the article) my uneducated, non professional and completely premature guess is that they ran out of gas. There are not many Cirrus accidents that are typically mechanical in nature. I know that goes with any GA airplane but Cirrus seems to have them more frequently. I thought this was interesting http://www.cirruspilots.org/Content/CirrusSafety.aspx
 
PeanuckleCRJ said:
Sad how people take the easy way out and deploy the chute. What happened to being pilots?
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You're right it is sad.

It's sad that this person saved the lives of his family members by pulling the chute. And it's sad everyone walked away with no serious injuries. :sarcasm:

It's sad that people like you feel it's okay to comment on the abilities of this pilot, while knowing virtually nothing about him, or the situation he was faced with.

It's sad that the chutes on Cirrus aircraft have the stigma of being the "easy way out". They are a tool that can help in emergency situations, as demonstrated here. I'd love to hear what you would have said had the pilot dead-sticked into the woods and killed a few of his family members. "At least he tried, and wasn't a chute-pulling pansy"?

And it's sad that a (seemingly) brand new airplane met its early demise.

Sad, sad, sad...

*Edited to clarify sarcasm - in case it wasn't obvious
 
The fog was really dense yesterday (and today) and could have been a factor in the guy deploying the chute.
 
So witnesses heard sputtering and then a bang (chute rocket)....I'm gonna guess the sputtering was not engine problems, but the sound of chopping the throttle prior to chute deployment?
 
gotWXdagain said:
He walked away. Isn't that what every pilot strives to do?
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There is a certain amount of "with this, or upon this" out there.

A good landing is one you can walk away from.

A great landing is one you can walk away from, and use the airplane again. ;)
 
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