Read and learn.  These safety resources published and assembled by COPA volunteers provide you with materials that can help answer your questions, reinforce your commitment to safety, and enhance your safe flying.

Study these resources to learn about flying your Cirrus aircraft more safely.  Cirrus Aircraft designed a host of features that enhance the safety of your airplane.  Unfortunately people can (and do) die in a safe airplane...26 people in a recent 12 month period.  Why?  Many lessons can be learned from these resources.

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COPA Safety & Training Programs

Participate in these COPA programs and events designed to help pilots of Cirrus aircraft operate in a safe and effective manner. COPA programs are held at locations across the continental USA and several locations in Europe.  These are events no Cirrus pilot should miss.

Cirrus Pilot Proficiency Program (CPPP) – Weekend flight and ground initial and recurrent training by Cirrus experts.

Critical Decision Making Seminars (CDM) – Free one-day seminars focused on the #1 cause of accidents - pilot decisions.

COPA Partner-In-Command Seminars (CPIC) – Designed to make your non-pilot flying companion more comfortable and useful in the cockpit.  Usually presented at a CPPP or Migration event.

COPA Safety Resources

Find on-line copies of training resources in the COPA Safety Gallery.  Recent additions include the updated Flight Operations Manual (FOM), training syllabi for transition, recurrent and integrated private pilot and instrument rating training, the Cirrus advisory guide for first responders, and various safety presentations.

Cirrus Safety History

How safe is the Cirrus?  These history pages list all of the known fatal accidents and CAPS parachute pulls.

• Cirrus SR20/SR22 Fatal Accident History
• Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) History
  

NTSB Dockets of Cirrus Accident Information

COPA presents the information behind the NTSB accident investigations.  Once the NTSB publishes a probable cause report for an accident, the investigative information held in the NTSB Document Management System becomes available.  This material includes wreckage data and photographs, radar tracks, pilot information, NTSB analysis and reconstruction of the accident flight, transcripts of the ATC radio transmissions, FSS briefings, and witness and survivor interviews.

Special Issue on Safety – Cirrus Pilot Magazine

The November/December 2008 issue is a must-read for all Cirrus pilots.  Did you know that COPA members have a dramatically lower rate of fatal accidents than non-members?  You owe it to yourselves to understand why.

In the interest of safety, non-members and members alike may download the complete issue at no cost.

Contents:

• How Safe is a Cirrus? – Rick Beach
• Lessons Learned from Cirrus Accident History – Rick Beach
• Why Not More CAPS Saves? – Rick Beach
• They had time. They had altitude. But they crashed without using CAPS. – Rick Beach
• Top 10 Fundamentals of Safe Flying – Luke Lysen
• It Isn't The Tough Stuff – What to work on during simulator training. – John Fiscus
• Misfueled! When piston airplanes are fueled with Jet A, people can die. –Mike Busch

COPA Forum Discussions

The most intense and up-to-date information about Cirrus safety discussions are on the COPA forums.  When something happens, many COPA members provide updates, news stories, photographs, weather information, flight track data, and insightful commentary on things that have they have learned.  Join the discussions, read what others have to offer and then ask your questions.  When COPA members focus on learning from the experiences of others and avoid judging their mistakes, we make a contribution to flight safety.

Pull Early, Pull Often! Safety Blog

Safety insights and lessons learned from accident investigation reports, compiled and presented as interesting stories about Cirrus safety.