SR22 onto highway

Looks like he tried to make to Springfield and ran out of altitude.

Wonder why he didn't pull the chute before he got too low?

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GoFly said:
Leading edge catch on fire?
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That's what it looks like.

Appears the engine quit suddenly. Ground speeds, aircraft position, and altitude seemed fairly normal. Then, the nose was lowered and a brisk descent was initiated, and the engine quit. Maybe ran a tank dry as the fuel ran forward during the descent?

Definitely not the smoothest emergency landing touchdown. Glad there were no reported injuries.
 
Why buy an airplane with a chute if your not going to use it?
 
Why not just land as if the road was a runway, and have a fully functional airplane ready for whatever service it needs? From the appearance of that road/highway, there was an ideal surface to set it on. Why the gear collapsed is not clear.
 
The chute is available above about 500 feet or more AGL. It takes about 8 seconds to fully deploy.

Maybe sometimes a pilot, not previously having had the option and routinely practicing it, reverts to situational processing as if it isn't there.

Interesting that the seat belt airbags don't seem to have deployed.
 
PaulS said:
Poor training?
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You know, that might have been a little harsh, it could very well be that the pilot thought he had a better chance with out using the parachute. We really need more info. Cirrus training I had was that if you were within gliding range of the airport and you were absolutely sure you were going to make it to the runway, that was good option. Outside of that, use the chute. At the end of the day, the pilot successfully ended an emergency. But I think we can safely say the airplane is probably less reusable now than it would have been had he used the chute. Bad luck? probably, but hindsight is hindsight. I hope we find out what happened.
 
Have there been any that used the chute, and the airplane has been put back in service.
 
Look at that burn pattern boi. Good reminder that these things are still made of brittle, easily aerosolised flammable compound, vice the more maleable lawnmower construction alternative. In fairness, absent the metal tank lining (G3 and beyond I think), that would have been a much worse, way quicker, burn situation. Someone gets a boop in the head and they don't get out in time.

Knowing the fragmentation mechanics of composites, "pull the chute" be my inclination for these variants.
 
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