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What do you plan to do when bad things happen on departure? Have a loss of engine power on take off? Hit a bird that damages the airplane sufficiently to make it hard to control? In a Cirrus, with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, pilots have a unique opportunity to use this last-resort safety option...
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Recently an off-airport fatal accident happened in Morton, WA when the engine lost power during cruise. Another incident occurred not long ago in Buttonville, Ontario during which loss of engine power on departure caused the pilot to attempt a return to the airport. If your airplane loses power, you’re...
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Here's the third in our video series about what you could do if your engine fails shortly after takeoff. In the last videos (found here and here) we first looked at what would happen if the pilot attempted to return to the airport, with disastrous results. Next we tried to land straight ahead in...
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When invited to Germany to speak at the Baden-Baden CPPP, I took a pilgrimage to the site of the fatal Cirrus accident at Zurich Airport. It wasn't a planned trip. But it was an impactful one. Coming almost half-way around the world for this CPPP motivated me to spend some extra time here. And Baden...
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Pull early, pull often!
by
Rick Beach
on 14 Sep 2009
Filed under: accident history, CAPS, low IMC, aeronautical decision making, judgment, fatal accident #42, Zurich
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[quote]But most pilots landing planes believe they can still land the plane and are therefore less likely to think they should pull the handle.[/quote] I thought about this the other day. What is one truth about every flight we've ever made? For most of us, each and every one has ended in a successful...
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What you should do: IDENTIFY and NOTIFY Aircraft accident sites are Federal Crime Scenes. When the response shifts from a rescue to a recovery, the site must be cordoned off. As a First Responder, please use this Advisory Guide at Cirrus aircraft accident sites. Notify Cirrus Design at 1-800-279-4322...
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How to deal with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS): Notify Cirrus Design at 800-279-4322 or 952-988-1940 Do not cut into cabin roof Brief all persons on site about potential hazards Approach aircraft from the front or sides Determine if there is a BRS system on board If deployed, deflate parachute...
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Cirrus Design produced a DVD and advisory guide for first responders following a training session. This packet includes a DVD, hotline information and an advisory guide pamphlet. It deals with indentification and notification, and disarming the CAPS and BRS pyrotechnic components as well as the Amsafe...
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Cirrus Design produced a DVD to leave behind after training first responders to deal with Cirrus aircraft accidents. It deals with identification and notification at an accident scene as well as the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) and the Amsafe Aircraft Inflatable Restraint (AAIR) systems.
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[quote user="Rick Beach"] Cirrus Design revised its materials for first responders. I have a copy of the DVD and will soon post an update on the COPA Safety Blog "Pull early, pull often!" on this site. For now, anyone who discovers first responders who have not yet had training from...
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[quote user="John Zarno"]I am sorry that my first post to this forum should be on such a tragic subject but I hope that this contribution to the discussion will be seen as positive.[/quote]Welcome, John. And as a frequent poster about Cirrus accidents, let me congratulate you on scooping me...
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So, IMC with ground contact but no runway and a 'power failure', this is why you drill PULL CHUTE into your head. Scenario based training has me pulling the chute anytime I am IMC with low ceilings w/o an engine. And by low I mean around 2500 feet. If the ceiling isn't high enough to allow...