Anybody have more details on Cirrus SR-20 accident in upstate NY last week near Syracuse?
Sounds like stall/spin but parachute "savior" system (CAPS) did not work.
I don't know the details of this system and if it is automatic when a spin is entered. I had talked to a Cirrus guy at Sun n' Fun one year and they said that the Cirrus did not recover well but that they expected the parachute to save anyone who entered a spin. I was not sold on the concept and the Cirrus folks had a bad attitude since they had a lot of bad press about the test flight crashes.
There's a new Cirrus at our airport and it looks good but I'm thinking I may not want to go for a ride in the thing. The owner is going to be looking for a BFR soon.
Sounds like stall/spin but parachute "savior" system (CAPS) did not work.
I don't know the details of this system and if it is automatic when a spin is entered. I had talked to a Cirrus guy at Sun n' Fun one year and they said that the Cirrus did not recover well but that they expected the parachute to save anyone who entered a spin. I was not sold on the concept and the Cirrus folks had a bad attitude since they had a lot of bad press about the test flight crashes.
There's a new Cirrus at our airport and it looks good but I'm thinking I may not want to go for a ride in the thing. The owner is going to be looking for a BFR soon.