Although the SR-22 is fixed gear wouldn't it be more appropriate to
compare them to other planes of similar performance and wing loading?
Then remove the "gear up" incidents for the final comparison?

When it comes to performance and handeling the SR-22 is about as far
from a 172 as you can get. I don't know of any "every day" retracts
like the Bo, or Mooney with near the wing loading of the SR-22 and
the 172 can be over 26% less than those at a tad over 14# per sq ft.

Actually both the Mooney and Bo are far easier to slow down even with
the tendency to float by the Mooney and they have roughly 30% less
wing loading than the SR-22.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com