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Three killed in Melbourne, FL plane crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration reports that the plane was a Cirrus SR22 attempting to land when it crashed off the end of runway 9R. (www.floridatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Seems to be a lot of Cirrus SR22's going down. Can the pilots not handle the aircraft?
I am not saying this was the cause in this particular case, but I have personally noticed that there are a lot of freshly minted private pilots that go out and purchase this aircraft (or similar) because they can afford it.
Local news reporting the pilot was Robert Kurrus, a local theater owner and adventurer.
Pull the chute? Same goes for the other two crashes. Cirrus proved they were effective @ very low altitudes, such as an engine failure on take off.
I just listened to the audio archived on liveatc.net. It's just before the end of the file that starts at 2130Z from yesterday (2/29). "Tower did you see that?" "I did." Then they all start vectoring for go-arounds. Chilling.
Actually, it overlaps on the 2200Z file. "Tower did you see that?" is the first thing you hear. Tower starts calling for 4SR. You can tell the Tower Controller is upset.