On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:52:04 -0400, Owen Rogers
wrote:

Looks like another save for BRS and Cirrus.

Apparently a Cirrus was attempting to land ACK VFR last night when they
ran into weather (fog and low visibility after sunset on the island are
common in the summer). They pulled the Ballistic Recovery System
parachute about 5 miles northeast of ACK.

The two aboard had minor injuries but will be ok. Nobody was injured on
the ground.

Here is a news link:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pb...180319/-1/NEWS

Other reports said that it was a Cirrus, although the make/model hasn't
been confirmed yet.



And finally, the NTSB preliminary report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...21X01216&key=1

If the report is accurate, we have a non-instrument rated pilot who, when
ACK suddenly "went IFR", "informed the controller that he was capable of
executing the ILS approach". Five minutes later, Cape Approach informed
the tower controller that the pilot had deployed the parachute.

--ron