Cirrus(?) Down in Boulder, CO (Parachute Video, Fire)

Itchy said:
How many here have had so close a call that you could see smudge behind the rivets on a belly? Happened to me. Twice. Both right near an airport, and both, the offending a/c was just cruising through the pattern space, was not even landing. Right out of nowhere to a critical situation instantly.
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I did, Mrmeschi and I were in the pattern at an uncontrolled field practicing landings for flight team, I was on crosswind and there was a Comanche that called up entering the pattern on a '45. I'm looking for this guy and I just don't see him, Suddenly I hear "Descend NOW" on the radio and I shove the nose over just in time to see a dirty belly pass... instead of entering on a 45 at midfield he entered at the crosswind to downwind turn, he was covered by my cowling the whole time. If you are going to make radio calls, make them accurately.

And that's how Mrmeschi saved my life!

Shame to see this happen... from the video it looked like the Cirrus descended under the parachute as intended... so I'd imagine that the fire claimed them? What a way to go :(
 
trafficinsight said:
Shame to see this happen... from the video it looked like the Cirrus descended under the parachute as intended... so I'd imagine that the fire claimed them? What a way to go :(
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Or the collision impact/damage, or ground impact, or a combo of all three.
 
A new detail that has emerged that I dont think has been posted is that an 11-year old and his mother were passengers in the glider (they can fit two people in the back seat). Apparently they were getting a glider ride as a part of a party. They are the ones that may have video of the accident. I cant imagine the terror the two of them will carry from this. The details just get worse and worse.
 
I just wanted to let everyone know they have formally released all the names of those involved in the crash.

Tow Pilot: Alexander Howard Gilmer of Evergreen
Cirrus: Bob Matthews (pilot) & Mark Matthews of Boulder
 
RIP:mad:

I always liked the ballistic recovery system, but it should never be a replacement for good procedures, communications and MK1 eyeballs.
 
Mateo303 said:
A new detail that has emerged that I dont think has been posted is that an 11-year old and his mother were passengers in the glider (they can fit two people in the back seat). Apparently they were getting a glider ride as a part of a party.
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It would be the front seat of a 2-32. The 2-32 is a huge, heavy glider, and you can easily squeeze two smaller people into the front seat.
 
In one of the articles a pilot said he saw one of the guys in the Cirrus jump out at about 500 ft... To survive the impact and burn on the way down is absolutly horrible....
 
granlistillo said:
RIP:mad:

I always liked the ballistic recovery system, but it should never be a replacement for good procedures, communications and MK1 eyeballs.
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What does that have to do with anything? Having a mid air can happen to anyone. Sometimes the right condition occurs and no matter how good you are at scanning it just isn't avoidable. This noition of all Cirrus pilots just stare at the Glass and think "Hey I have a chute so nothing can happen to me" just isn't true.
 
wjmiller3 said:
In one of the articles a pilot said he saw one of the guys in the Cirrus jump out at about 500 ft... To survive the impact and burn on the way down is absolutly horrible....
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A-10 midair from my unit I witnessed 25 miles east of Douglas, AZ, both guys got out, one guy slid out of his parachute harness during the opening shock, and I momentarily saw him flailing down to earth in the distance, with the empty parachute and harness waffling down like a leaf above him; the wreckage of one aircraft spinning down to earth, and the other one flying a long parabolic arc, trailing smoke, down to impact.

Lousy way to go.
 
MikeD said:
A-10 midair from my unit I witnessed 25 miles east of Douglas, AZ, both guys got out, one guy slid out of his parachute harness during the opening shock, and I momentarily saw him flailing down to earth in the distance, with the empty parachute and harness waffling down like a leaf above him; the wreckage of one aircraft spinning down to earth, and the other one flying a long parabolic arc, trailing smoke, down to impact.

Lousy way to go.
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Yikes, something like that is probably one of everyone's worst fears.
 
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