Roger wrote:
I see in the local paper a plane "crashed" over at Mt Pleasant (MOP).
There's not a lot of information available, but we had thunderstorms
throughout the area with winds varying from calm to gusting over 40
along with hail and torrential rains. Here which is about 16 miles
east of the MOP runway I had 2 inches of rain in 15 minutes.

"As I understand" (which means more than second hand) it was his first
flight after being checked out in a new SR-22. There's nothing yet on
the specific weather conditions at that location at that time. Landed
about 250 feet short of the runway, wiped out the gear, and walked
away.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

I have been flying an SR22 for about 7 months. My checkout took about 14
hours. I found that landing this plane was very tricky, control of
airspeed is critical. I am not a low time pilot. I have 1150 total hours
in planes ranging from a C150 to C310. The SR22 and the Mooney Bravo
are the 2 planes that have given me the most trouble trying to land.

Cary