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Another reason there are so many Cirrus accidents is that in an effort to improve its safety record, Cirrus began advising its pilots to use the parachute whene
by freerobby 6y ago
Another reason there are so many Cirrus accidents is that in an effort to improve its safety record, Cirrus began advising its pilots to use the parachute whenever in doubt. I don't mean this as a knock in the slightest -- the statistics are very convincing that this is saving lives[1]. But a funny side effect is that you see a bunch of accidents where someone parachutes a Cirrus into a field that any other airplane would have just landed in.
[1] https://airfactsjournal.com/2016/08/whats-right-cirrus-pilots https://airfactsjournal.com/2016/08/whats-right-cirrus-pilot...
- base698 6y agoYeah, I recently went through Cirrus training, I'm quite current for a GA pilot (150 hours a year, commercial and instrument ratings) and personally feel it's a lot of plane. Most of the avionics and checklists, while great if you are used to it could easily task saturate you. It could probably also lure you into thinking it's a Tesla and not an airplane.