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Cirrus Chute Deployment Fails Over Texas, Pilot Still Makes Safe Landing
You know you're having a bad day when a flight goes so bad that you feel you must resort to using a parachute to see you safely through the flight... but the day is TRULY bad when that chute fails and leaves you to battle the emergency that you thought you had escaped from. (www.aero-news.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
There's always Murphy's law to consider, no matter how many safety controls you go over, odds are one will fail and bring us back to the drawing board. Congrats on the pilot for making it back ok.
Certainly need more info before acting in judgment. My extensive flight training experience as a full time professional CFII in TAA is that a scary number of self proclaimed "instrument qualified" pilots are really push button pilots. Also PARTIAL panel with PARTIAL SKILLS rarely ends successfully or predictably with a safe outcome.
This reminds me of my first parachute lesson. Jumpmaster hooked up the static line and told me to look up on exit and make sure the canopy opens. If not, cross your legs and pull the reserve ‘chute. When you land, wait in the drop zone and a truck will bring you back to the airport.
I went out the door and looked up. Nothing. I pulled the reserve. Nothing. I looked at my partner and said “What do you bet that truck won’t be there either?”
I went out the door and looked up. Nothing. I pulled the reserve. Nothing. I looked at my partner and said “What do you bet that truck won’t be there either?”
LOL
I know one thing. Everybody who is now a God gifted pilot got lucky a couple of times to reach that status.
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Yeah, we can sit here and talk now, but, as you say, we survived it. Probably rather than criticize, we ought to sympathize
Ill bet a real learning expierence for him. I'll also bet he is not quite as enamored with a chute as he once was. Lol
You know, that's the funny part though. He was talkative to ANN and the chute thing really didn't seem to bother him though. I guess he's got plenty of money although if it were me, that repack would be on the house from somebody. If I read it right, his biggest scare was his dive to 800'AGL.LOL
I would be thinking about how that dangling mess could have gotten all caught in my elevator! It would also have me thinking how parachutists wear 2 chutes! Lol
In the age of wooden sjhips and iron men the was a rule: one hand for the ship, one hand for the sailor. Maybe he could consider chutes that way. lol
I don't guess he thought about that. At least if he did, he didn't say anything about it. Apparently he didn't know about it until he got down. ttyl. gotta make a run into town