SR-22 Crash, with a twist

Kingfish wrote:
On Feb 27, 10:15 am, "Paul kgyy" wrote:
I hereby nominate him/them 2007 Candidate(s) for the Darwin Award.

Type of a/c is irrelevant in this case.

I second the nomination. Obviously this kind of stupidity can be
accomplished in any aircraft, but it makes me wonder if Cirrus should
add a "no stupid pilot tricks" clause to the purchase contract.



It's my guess his insurance company is not going to be amused.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Mike Schumann wrote:
It's another case of people without sense and too much money. You
can't blame that on the aircraft.


Yep, it used to be Doctors and Bonanzas

On Feb 27, 11:01 am, "Doug" wrote:
Glassy water makes the pilot think he is higher than he actually is.
Numerous crashes from this effect.

True enough, but he shouldn't have been THAT close to the water's
surface to begin with IMHO. From what I've read here (admittedly my
only source) it sounds like this guy was trying to recreate the
Canadian SNJ waterskiing formation event.

Doug,

Glassy water makes the pilot think he is higher than he actually is.
Numerous crashes from this effect.


And that effect would account for a difference of (let's assume that
would have been a sensible altitude) 500 AGL and 0 AGL? You must be
joking. Glassy water can be a problem for landings with FLOAT planes.
The Cirrus isn't.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
And that effect would account for a difference of (let's assume that
would have been a sensible altitude) 500 AGL and 0 AGL? You must be
joking. Glassy water can be a problem for landings with FLOAT planes.
The Cirrus isn't.


Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

("Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote)
Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G


They are lucky to be alive ....(x) 10.

I'm seeing an A.C.M.E. plane sinking in the water. When it comes to rest on
the bottom of the lake, the chute pops open - then a fish swims by.


Mont-E-Coyote

On Feb 27, 11:00 am, "Steve Foley" wrote:
"Paul kgyy" wrote in message

ups.com...

I hereby nominate him/them 2007 Candidate(s) for the Darwin Award.

They don't qualify. One requirement is losing the ability to reproduce
(either by death or other means).

Oh, you're right - pity :-(

On Feb 27, 2:16 pm, "Montblack" Y4_NOT!...
wrote:
("Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote)

Nonsense. They landed. Everybody lived. What's the problem? G

They are lucky to be alive ....(x) 10.

I'm seeing an A.C.M.E. plane sinking in the water. When it comes to rest on
the bottom of the lake, the chute pops open - then a fish swims by.

Mont-E-Coyote

Then Wiley jumps out, grabs the prop, hoists a leg and giver her a
whirl. Engine starts, plane begins to taxi around on the bottom and
chases our scruffy hero as the Roadrunner look on wearing SCUBA
gear... G

Denny writes:

And notice, it is another Cirrus pilot.... I'm beginning to wonder...

I've been wondering about Cirrus pilots for quite some time. I don't think
there's anything wrong with the aircraft, of course, but their marketing
strategy and the market they seem to touch seem to be heavily weighted towards
inexperienced new pilots. Inevitably this means a lot more accidents.

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Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Yep, it used to be Doctors and Bonanzas

Have doctors become better pilots, or have they stopped buying Bonanzas?

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