Cirrus Parachute

Davidth88

Spotted this yesterday

First time I have seen pictures of one of these deployed in anger

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336815/Pilot-76-walks-away-plane-crash-just-minor-injuries-deploying-emergency-PARACHUTE-allowed-light-aircraft-float-safety-quiet-Cheltenham-garden.html

If you forget the hyperbole and that it's the Daily Fail , some good photo's there

asdfg!

Judging from the propeller the engine was still under power when it hit. So not complete engine failure then although I would have thought shutting down the engine once under the canopy would be standard?

seven_eleven

Deploying one of these completely writes the aircraft off, or am I wrong in thinking that?

asdfg!

No it doesn't, several have been rebuilt. Like any accident it depends on the severity of the damage.

andy_g

you can hear that the engine is still running in the first vid.

Xpro

METAR EGBJ 060950Z 04008KT 8000 SCT005 BKN008 11/08 Q1023=
METAR EGBJ 060920Z 03007KT 8000 SCT005 BKN008 11/08 Q1023=

At the time of the crash.:rolleyes:

phonypony

Xpro wrote: »

METAR EGBJ 060950Z 04008KT 8000 SCT005 BKN008 11/08 Q1023=
METAR EGBJ 060920Z 03007KT 8000 SCT005 BKN008 11/08 Q1023=

At the time of the crash.:rolleyes:

But seemingly an IR rated pilot on a RNAV GPS approach

cuterob

ha how big of a parachute would you need to fit one on a commercial jet ?

some nervous flyers would be clamering on board that type of plane !

andy_g

cuterob wrote: »

ha how big of a parachute would you need to fit one on a commercial jet ?

some nervous flyers would be clamering on board that type of plane !

They were researching them sometime ago however it was too large to be economical or effective to fly.

FWVT

And in true Daily Mail fashion they report the plane to be worth both £200,000 and £500,000! I suppose you turn a 2 upside down it does look like a 5 to someone of a Daily Mail journalist's I.Q.

Either way, things could have turned out a lot worse.