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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.
Sounds like they wanted him to extend his final when he reported he was already on very short base. They instructed him to make it a tight turn to final. Is that the accident aircraft? It sounded like the controller said he needed to extend for the Cirrus so I'm not sure.