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First Ever: Wild Chute Deployment as Cirrus Jet Goes Down in Florida
A Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet went down while on arrival to Kissimmee, Florida, late last week. All three aboard survived the incident with minor injuries. Details are still emerging, but preliminary reports indicate that the single-engine jet was inbound for Kissimmee when it encountered severe turbulence and heavy rain as it descended. The pilot at some point chose to deploy the whole-airplane parachute system (installed at the factory in every Cirrus aircraft). (www.planeandpilotmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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i wasn't there flying this plane, so i can't say. FLying ifr into these conditions, both ATC and the onboard weather radar ought to have given warning this was going to be bumpy, possibly inappropriate airspace to occupy. THe insurance company surely will not be amused at this turn of events. I have flown many hours going in and out of the Orlando area. One time i was inbound at 8,ooo feet and couldn't hold altitude any better than a thousand feet below and above that altitude, but without rain, just thick, nasty clouds overcast and powerful. We ifr pilots are better trained to avoid these nastyvilles, and not always can we do so. BUt we are supposed to .THat night all i could do was keep the plane pointed at the city lights of orlando, but roller-coasting altitudes were my reality.
Was returning to Ft. Lewis from Christmas Leave into SeaTac during a Winter storm. Up down, left right, plus some directions not yet invented.
Yea but we don’t always know do we. A month ago I was lining up, scanned with the radar and saw only green. After takeoff ATC said contact departure and good luck…. Then the whole radar screen turned magenta…
We landed a Bus about 45 minutes after that accident, and not too far from KMIA. We briefed our company policy windshear escape procedure, reviewed our windshear avoidance policies in our QRH, and modified our approach speed accordingly.
We calculated fuel to, and routes to our alternates, with an”S”. We had a licensed Dispatcher giving us updates on the wx encroaching on our STAR.
We didn’t have to go around, but we were spring loaded for it, and the controllers were providing exceedingly helpful vectors with real time continuous PIREPS from all preceding aircraft.
Heck, we had 90 degree, 20 kt wind shift outside the FAF, that dissipated to a less than five knot variable winds at minimums, and we weighed 141,000 lbs.
How does a light aircraft, with a jet in it or not deal with that? I'll tell you what I would do is try to find some blue sky and head for it, then an alternate.
We receive constant training from a highly professional organization with multi million dollar simulations from instructors with 10’s of thousands of hours of experience.
The first time I saw one of those my FO said “that looks like a fun toy for a rich guy”. IMO that aircraft had no business flying around, and apparently in, the convective activity present that afternoon.
What really irks me is not that they almost killed themselves, that’s on them (although one was some poor trusting kid), but the danger to the first responders, and the additional work load they put on an already overtaxed ATC system by launching at all into that obviously crap weather.
Having a few thousand hours, some fancy ratings on your ticket along with a few million bucks for a shiny tiny jet and flying from KMIA to KMCO on a summer afternoon makes a statement in and of itself. Involving innocent trusting people makes another statement.
Reminded me of one of my favorite not pro pilots who temporarily lost his common sense, with a hip, slick, and cool shiny toy - and his life - John Denver. Must have broken his fathers heart.
We calculated fuel to, and routes to our alternates, with an”S”. We had a licensed Dispatcher giving us updates on the wx encroaching on our STAR.
We didn’t have to go around, but we were spring loaded for it, and the controllers were providing exceedingly helpful vectors with real time continuous PIREPS from all preceding aircraft.
Heck, we had 90 degree, 20 kt wind shift outside the FAF, that dissipated to a less than five knot variable winds at minimums, and we weighed 141,000 lbs.
How does a light aircraft, with a jet in it or not deal with that? I'll tell you what I would do is try to find some blue sky and head for it, then an alternate.
We receive constant training from a highly professional organization with multi million dollar simulations from instructors with 10’s of thousands of hours of experience.
The first time I saw one of those my FO said “that looks like a fun toy for a rich guy”. IMO that aircraft had no business flying around, and apparently in, the convective activity present that afternoon.
What really irks me is not that they almost killed themselves, that’s on them (although one was some poor trusting kid), but the danger to the first responders, and the additional work load they put on an already overtaxed ATC system by launching at all into that obviously crap weather.
Having a few thousand hours, some fancy ratings on your ticket along with a few million bucks for a shiny tiny jet and flying from KMIA to KMCO on a summer afternoon makes a statement in and of itself. Involving innocent trusting people makes another statement.
Reminded me of one of my favorite not pro pilots who temporarily lost his common sense, with a hip, slick, and cool shiny toy - and his life - John Denver. Must have broken his fathers heart.