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Cirrus SR22 Parachute Deployment Caused by Intentional Spin Demonstration
It has been revealed that the May 10, 2014 incident occurred when an "over-confident" salesman intentionally put a Cirrus SR22 into an aggravated stall before he lost control of the airplane and had to pull the parachute handle. The salesman, also a flight instructor, routinely flew a similar flight profile to demonstrate the safeguards built into the aircraft to prevent an out-of-control spin. The salesman has since promised never to try those maneuvers again. (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"Watch This" should be the last thing this Salesman/Flight instructor ever says while sitting in either the right or left seat.
Agreed, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!!!
It is entirely possible that after engaging in this maneuver umpteen times without incident this was the first time he had performed it with a back seat passenger. Aft CG issue? Makes stall/spin recovery a different animal- especially aggravated if the back seat passenger is 'hefty'. Note too, that yes you can spin a 172, but only with chutes and nobody in the back seat- Utility Category rules.
Didn't the captain of the Costa Concordia also say "hey watch this!"?
Three scariest words in aviation.
Bet he sold a plane though!