Three Dead in Houston Cirrus Crash

killbilly said:
How are you addressing this? I did a few things on my own to deal with it (and it rarely happens to me anymore) but I don't want to be prescriptive here, given that I'm not a CFI. I will say one of the things I did was to get with a CFI (@bucksmith ) during a BFR to get my overall landing technique improved.
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For me personally, I had a tendency to start my base turn a little too early; simply extending the downwind for a little longer has helped considerably.

I always welcome suggestions and advice, CFI or no CFI. I'm an infant in the flying world so the more I learn the better. That's part of why I joined this community. :)
 
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations...ev_id=20160609X50758&ntsbno=CEN16FA211&akey=1

Short form report. The cause should surprise exactly no one. She let airspeed decay going into a bank where she then retracted(!) flaps and stalled it into the ground. The report blames her primarily but also blames ATC for overwhelming her which contributed to her losing SA.

My personal opinion - she got herself in over her head trying to fly into Hobby. There's no shame in admitting you're not Charles Lindbergh when you've only got a couple hundred hours under your belt.
 
The Cirrus FDR showed a pronounced departure to the left as the plane stalled, going from a 26- to 71-degree left bank in one second, at an airspeed of 58 KIAS in clean configuration, about 10 knots below VSO. She had just reduced power and dumped the flaps with a 13 degree pitch-up attitude and decreasing airspeed in the left turn. This is exactly the scenario every student pilot is taught, but chilling to read it from a piston single's FDR.
 
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