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Old August 19th 07, 05:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kyle Boatright
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Default Cirrus Lands via Parachute in Nantucket


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On Aug 19, 10:53 am, "Kyle Boatright" wrote:
I find it very hard to speculate about this particular episode until we
know
the airplane's fuel state, the weather at reachable fields, the
conditions
in which the aircraft was flying, or the training level of the pilot.


The relevant information is easy to look up.


Excellent! I'll wait for your follow up post containing said information.


For example, if the pilot wasn't IFR trained, he might have been in a
situation where he wasn't confident of keeping the airplane right side
up.


That's true, but only if the pilot was incompetent.


Many competent IFR and VFR pilots have died due to loss of control in IMC.
There are a thousand factors at work, and if the PIC in this situation
decided that the chute was his/her best option, so be it.