Cirrus Death Trap?

On 2006-10-14, mike regish wrote:
One was due to a design flaw. The gap between the ailerons and wing was too
small and in a turn, with sufficient G forces and the accompanying bend in
the wing, the aileron jammed in position. I have to admit, I forget if this
resulted in a fatal accident or not.

That did result in a fatality IIRC - and it was in the test flying phase
of the aircraft. I expect the production aircraft was modified in the
light of this - after all, test flying is supposed to shake out bugs
like this. Occasionally, test flying is fatal to the test pilot.

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