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Pilgimage to the Zurich Airport location of Cirrus fatal accident #42

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...

Posted to 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

Re: SR-22 Crash in Zurich

Rick, yes, I have at least an idea where approximately the accident was. Go to Google Earth, search for LSZH. You'll see the airport from above. Rwy 14 is the northernmost of the 3 runways. Zoom in to the approach end, until you can read 14 on the runway, then tilt the view. You can see the approach...

Posted to Guest Discussion by Timm Preusser on 25 Oct 2008
Filed under: accident, speculation, fatal, LSZH, fatal accident #42, Switzerland, Zurich

Re: SR-22 Crash in Zurich

[quote user="Larry James"] [quote user="wiedmam"] [/quote] The aircraft eventually ended up west of runway 14 where it banked first left then right at low altitude over the ground. This maneuver brought the aircraft north of the threshold of 14 where it struck the ground crossways...

Posted to Guest Discussion by Fabio Freitas on 25 Oct 2008
Filed under: accident, speculation, fatal, LSZH, fatal accident #42, Switzerland, Zurich

Re: SR-22 Crash in Zurich

Very tragic indeed. This report has the call sign, N467BD. Anybody knows where the plane was stationed? Registration is to a US trust, as usual for N-registered planes in Europe. http://www.20min.ch/news/zuerich/story/Toedlicher-Absturz-am-Zuercher-Flughafen-10988122

Posted to Guest Discussion by Timm Preusser on 22 Oct 2008
Filed under: accident, fatal accident #42, N467BD

Re: SR-22 Crash in Zurich

So, IMC with ground contact but no runway and a 'power failure', this is why you drill PULL CHUTE into your head. Scenario based training has me pulling the chute anytime I am IMC with low ceilings w/o an engine. And by low I mean around 2500 feet. If the ceiling isn't high enough to allow...

Posted to Guest Discussion by Peter Levine on 22 Oct 2008
Filed under: accident, fatal, LSZH, SR22, CAPS, fatal accident #42