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Old January 15th 06, 05:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default I think I know why so many Cirrus' crash

Scott D wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:16:05 GMT, (Ron Lee)
wrote:

Coming back from KCOS to 00V today several aircraft were in the
pattern for runway 33 and some people wanted runway 15 since the winds
were at the changeover point. With one or two at the runup area for
runway 15 I just went east until the fiasco was sorted out (I made
several position reports since people were all over).


Hey Ron, I flew out of 00V today as well. We took off around 1030ish
and came back around 1230ish. There was a SR-22 in the pattern from
the time we were preflighting till we took off. If it was the same
one, and I am assuming it was, it appeared to me that he was a fairly
new pilot as well. I was watching his pattern work and his landings
and needless to say, they were not spectacular at all. I watch about
4-5 of his landings and they were always to fast which caused him to
touch down almost midfield every time, and he would bounce it several
times after that. The guy I was with, made the comment to the fact of
"what is wrong with that guy". So you were not the only one to see
this type of flying from him.


Scott D.

That may have been him Scott. I landed about 1010 AM and the fact
that he could do normal patterns rules out needing to make the first
one by entering base with another aircraft (me) on downwind.

Ron Lee