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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Morgans" wrote in message ... Point is, the parachute failed to save the bacon. Was the parachute activated? Irrelevant, IMHO, as to the subject of this thread. If the pilot is too proud to pull it, the safety feature of the parachute means nothing. Just like seatbelts. If you don't use them, they don't have a chance of working. -- Jim in NC |
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"Morgans" wrote in message ... Irrelevant, IMHO, as to the subject of this thread. If the pilot is too proud to pull it, the safety feature of the parachute means nothing. Just like seatbelts. If you don't use them, they don't have a chance of working. But if you don't use them they cannot fail. It is the same with the parachute. |
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Morgans,
If the pilot is too proud to pull it, the safety feature of the parachute means nothing. Just like seatbelts. If you don't use them, they don't have a chance of working. Sorry, but that's just, well, not so. If that were true, there'd be no pilot error at all. And I guess we all agree there is - plenty. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Morgans,
Point is, the parachute failed to save the bacon. You know, the Hobbs meter failed to do that, too. There's no logic in your statement. Was it pulled? Did the pilot even think of pulling it? -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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"Capt.Doug" wrote in
: From the FAA website- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- --- " Regis#: 889JB Make/Model: SR22 Description: SR-22 Date: 01/15/2005 Time: 1723 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: COCONUT GROVE State: FL Country: US DESCRIPTION ACFT REPORTED AVIONICS PROBLEMS AND CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, COCONUT CREEK, FL" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- ------- Additionally, the aircraft had just come out of maintenance were the tanks were emptied. The investigators have not been able to find a fueling ticket. D. How about "Pilot of SR-22 dies because he forgot he had a parachute"... -BeaglePig |
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"BeaglePig" wrote in message How about "Pilot of SR-22 dies because he
forgot he had a parachute"... The press quoted family as saying that he bought a Cirrus specifically because it had a chute. However, my understanding is that it needs 1000' to deploy properly. He may never have had enough altitude. D. |
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I wonder what his altitude was when he ran into trouble. Perhaps he was too
low, or maybe he thought he could make an emergency landing safely. Guess we will have to wait for more details. |
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C J Campbell wrote:
I wonder what his altitude was when he ran into trouble. Perhaps he was too low, or maybe he thought he could make an emergency landing safely. Guess we will have to wait for more details. Or he was working on the problem and neglected to actually fly the airplane. That was the story behind some airline crash in Florida, if memory serves. But, as you say, we don't know enough to do more than guess wildly. I suppose I should go with that theme and say it was a problem getting the plane into the alien spaceship's docking bay. - Andrew |
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Andrew Gideon wrote: That was the story behind some airline crash in Florida, if memory serves. An L-1011. The pilots were descending for approach into Miami. An idiot light came on, they started trying to trouble-shoot that, accidentally knocked the control column (which turned the autopilot off), and set down in the glades. The airline salvaged some of the plane and reused the pieces during maintenance of other aircraft in the fleet. The ghost of the flight engineer was said to haunt all of the planes that received these parts. I remember that it was quite a scandal in Atlanta at the time - a number of people quit the airline. Eventually all the parts were removed and destroyed. Years later, the made a movie of the incident. Starred Ernest Borgnine, as I recall. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... An L-1011. The pilots were descending for approach into Miami. An idiot light came on, they started trying to trouble-shoot that, accidentally knocked the control column (which turned the autopilot off), and set down in the glades. As I recall the problem was a light that failed to come on, the light indicating that the nose gear was down. |
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