Presentation by Cirrus N787CB CAPS Deployment Pilot

Every caps deployment increases sr22 insurance premiums
 
Forgive my cirrus ignorance - is a CAPS deployment a "totaling" event for the airframe?


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Mattl said:
Forgive my cirrus ignorance - is a CAPS deployment a "totaling" event for the airframe?
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In this case, the airframe was totaled, but that is not always the case. There have been a few airframes repaired and returned to service after a CAPS deployment.

Ryan
 
I thought the rip-out panels in the top for the straps weren't a fixable item?
 
n12365 said:
In this case, the airframe was totaled, but that is not always the case. There have been a few airframes repaired and returned to service after a CAPS deployment.

Ryan
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I was aware of one that was repaired as a "proof of concept" by the Cirrus factory.

It also gained significant weight in the repair process, IIRC.

Were there more?
 
denverpilot said:
I thought the rip-out panels in the top for the straps weren't a fixable item?
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Not sure how it is done. The December 2011 issue of Aviation Consumer had a article on the Cirrus safety record. According them, there have been 31 CAPS deployments and 12 have been repaired and returned to service. I can only imagine what that does to the resale value.

Ryan
 
Datadriver said:
Every caps deployment increases sr22 insurance premiums
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Depending on how many hull losses there are versus savings on liability from passengers that would have died without a CAPS deployment, it might reduce the insurance rate. Considering the small number of CAPS deployments in SR22s, I don't think it will have much of an impact either way on insurance premiums.

Ryan
 
n12365 said:
Not sure how it is done. The December 2011 issue of Aviation Consumer had a article on the Cirrus safety record. According them, there have been 31 CAPS deployments and 12 have been repaired and returned to service. I can only imagine what that does to the resale value.

Ryan
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That's a much higher number than I had anticipated.

This was the list I was thinking of, with deployment #1 repaired (N1223S, which was involved in a fatal accident a year or so later.)

http://www.cirruspilots.org/wikis/accidenthistory/cirrus-parachute-activations.aspx
 
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