SR-22 Crash...!!!

I'm not gonna lie... it was pretty hard to watch that video, but like others said, it really drives the point home about flying the airplane. I think the CJ1 crash in VNY a few years back was attributed to an open baggage door and the PIC on that flight had some ungodly amount of hours, I think 20,000+. Just goes to show it can happen to anyone if you lose focus on flying the plane even for a minute.
 
Murdoughnut said:
I understand how you feel, but after my friend planted our aircraft on the bottom of the ocean, and killed himself and two others, I was very critical of his actions. In fact, I was downright angry. We have to hold ourselves to the highest standard imaginable. Saturday I participated in Young Eagles. One of my flights was with a woman's only child, and another woman's two children. The amount of trust and faith they placed in me to make all of the right choices and bring their kids back safely requires a level of stringency that far supercedes getting my feelings hurt, or hurting those of someone else. When the stakes are that high, I want someone to firmly plant their foot in my ass when I do anything that might compromise safety - hopefully before it happens.
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Well said, exactly how I feel.:clap:
 
Horrible tragedy...

but it seems like pulling the parachute on Cirri is as natural as starting the engine...if you look at the list of parachute deployments...

engine quits - pull
structural failure - pull
IMC - pull
bad crosswind - pull
hard landing - pull
door opens in flight - ???
 
Austin Wood said:
Horrible tragedy...

but it seems like pulling the parachute on Cirri is as natural as starting the engine...if you look at the list of parachute deployments...

engine quits - pull
structural failure - pull
IMC - pull
bad crosswind - pull
hard landing - pull
door opens in flight - ???
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Don't you usually show up during the summer? :)
 
I feel like the only person on the board that doesn't know the backstory to this accident. Can someone fill me in on what happened?
 
Hacker15e said:
Google can.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=14002755
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I understand that he radioed that he needed to close the door. With everyone crucifying the guy for not flying the airplane I thought more knowledge of the events existed then I have seen. So far, the only thing I know that he did leading up to the crash was "radioed that he had to close the door". Got it, I will never do that in a Cirrus, as it could lead to my fiery death. Surely there is more info that I am missing, no?
 
darrenf said:
I understand that he radioed that he needed to close the door. With everyone crucifying the guy for not flying the airplane I thought more knowledge of the events existed then I have seen. So far, the only thing I know that he did leading up to the crash was "radioed that he had to close the door". Got it, I will never do that in a Cirrus, as it could lead to my fiery death. Surely there is more info that I am missing, no?
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Am not sure. Have only been commenting on the ARFF and fire response as Im not completely aware of the details of what led to the accident itself. All I know is that he took off and hit the ground about 1/4 mile west of the runway.
 
Austin Wood said:
but it seems like pulling the parachute on Cirri is as natural as starting the engine...if you look at the list of parachute deployments...

engine quits - pull
structural failure - pull
IMC - pull
bad crosswind - pull
hard landing - pull
door opens in flight - ???
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It's not quite that prevalent. I heard Dale Klapmeier (one of the guys who founded Cirrus) speak and he said something to the likes of "The chute is there to be used when you have made so many mistakes that you are out of options."
 
Austin Wood said:
Horrible tragedy...

but it seems like pulling the parachute on Cirri is as natural as starting the engine...if you look at the list of parachute deployments...

engine quits - pull
structural failure - pull
IMC - pull
bad crosswind - pull
hard landing - pull
door opens in flight - ???
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I think you forgot your sarcasm tag. If you were being serious, then you are completely wrong.
 
TallFlyer said:
Is it just me, or does it looks like the wings pretty much dumped all the fuel into the parking lot on impact?
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That's what happens when there are no fuel tanks/bladders, but just the open space inside the composite wings. People wonder why Cirrus crashes end in fire, its because there is no fuel tank structure.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
That's what happens when there are no fuel tanks/bladders, but just the open space inside the composite wings. People wonder why Cirrus crashes end in fire, its because there is no fuel tank structure.
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With this type of crash though I doubt any extra structure would help the post crash fire.
 
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