When invited to Germany to speak at the Baden-Baden CPPP, I took a pilgrimage to the site of the fatal Cirrus accident at Zurich Airport. It wasn't a planned trip. But it was an impactful one. Coming almost half-way around the world for this CPPP motivated me to spend some extra time here. And Baden...
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Pull early, pull often!
by
Rick Beach
on 14 Sep 2009
Filed under: accident history, CAPS, low IMC, aeronautical decision making, judgment, fatal accident #42, Zurich
As 2008 ends, we see some good news. Fewer fatal accidents, more CAPS saves and a decline in the fatal accident rate. The final quarter of 2008 had fewer fatal accidents than same dark months of Oct-Dec in 2007 or 2006 (3 vs 5 or 5 respectively). The last three months also had three CAPS activations...
A couple of recent threads have highlighted the recent upsurge in Cirrus fatal accidents. To help visualize what has been happening, let me post updates to the charts that I prepare for the plenary session of CPPP that discusses General Aviation and Cirrus accident statistics. Cirrus Fatal Accidents...
The Tallahassee fatal accident raises some interesting and challenging scenarios. Let me share some reactions if I were flying a similar scenario. Note, this is not speculating what happened to the accident pilot, but placing myself in similar circumstances. We simply do not know enough to judge this...