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Touchdown! Greaser!
Parachute pulled, everyone survived:
http://www.wtop.com/120/3395688/Small-plane-crashes-into-trees-in-Va-no-injuries
http://www.wtop.com/120/3395688/Small-plane-crashes-into-trees-in-Va-no-injuries
From posted news story it sounds like fuel starvation.. any other links yet?
You know statistically your hope is probably forloin.This could be anything. Let's hope it not pilot goofy-ness.
From posted news story it sounds like fuel starvation.. any other links yet?
Sounds like a perfect CAPS deployment then! Glad all are alright.
BTW, i have nothing against CAPS, in fact its a pretty big consideration in my purchase plans. I was just silently hoping it wasn't a running out of gas scenario.
On July 20, 2013, about 2010 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR22, N223SS, operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged after it deployed its Cirrus Airplane Parachute System (CAPS) and impacted trees and terrain near Tappahannock, Virginia. The private pilot and three passengers were not injured. The flight departed from Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), Salisbury, Maryland, about 1930 and was destined to Hanover County Municipal Airport (OFP), Hanover, Virginia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, the airplane was in cruise flight at 6,000 feet mean sea level when he heard a loud bang, followed by vibrations and an immediate loss of engine power. He declared an emergency with air traffic control and turned towards Tappahannock-Essex County Airport (XSA), Tappahannock, Virginia, to attempt an emergency landing. Four miles from XSA, he heard another loud bang and the windscreen became covered with oil. About 2 miles south of XSA, the pilot elected to deploy the CAPS and the airplane subsequently descended via parachute into trees and terrain.
An Avidyne primary flight display unit and a multifunction display memory card were recovered from the cockpit and forwarded to the NTSB Vehicle Recorders Laboratory for data download.
Postaccident examination by a NTSB investigator revealed substantial damage to the left wing and right aileron. The wreckage was retained for further examination.
talk all the crap you want... but this is why I like the Cirrus.