SR20 C-GYPJ crashed into a building and two people died last 25 May, 2010. The accident was extensively discussed on the COPA forums in two threads: Cirrus Fatal #61 in SR20 C-GYPJ near Buttonville Airport, Toronto, Canada Transport Canada report on Buttonville SR20 accident The SR20 departed Buttonville...
At the CPPP in Van Nuys in 2010, we had the good fortune to have two Cirrus pilots who have pulled the CAPS parachute handle and survived. That prompted me to spend a bit of time with each of them to inquire about their experiences. This is the second of a few blog entries that describe aspects of their...
During a post-event discussion thread about CAPS pull #30 near Kiowa, CO , I was prompted to prepare a frequency graph that showed the number of CAPS saves over time. I already had a graph that showed the frequency of fatal Cirrus accidents by quarter, and had color-coded that graph to distinguish the...
What do you plan to do when bad things happen on departure? Have a loss of engine power on take off? Hit a bird that damages the airplane sufficiently to make it hard to control? In a Cirrus, with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, pilots have a unique opportunity to use this last-resort safety option...