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"Mike Murdock" wrote in message ... "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... .... And let us be clear he stalls were a factor in a large percentage of the Cirrus accidents so far. I have information on 35 Cirrus accidents and incidents. The NTSB has information on only 18. Leaving out the latest three, two of which may have involved stalls: 3/23/99 Cirrus stalls when aileron malfunctions 4/10/01 CFIT 6/16/01 Bounced landing. The report notices that the Cirrus has had eight of these previously. 8/19/01 Bad fuel management. 9/19/01 Improper servicing; low oil. 3/16/02 Instrument failure, pilot disorientation 4/24/02 Stall/spin 5/28/02 CFIT 10/3/02 Improper maintenance, control surface failure 10/15/02 Deer strike 11/3/02 CFIT 1/18/03 Graveyard spin 1/23/03 CFIT 7/12/03 low level maneuvering, stall 8/15/03 stall 10/12/03 CFIT 12/27/03 low level maneuvering, stall 1/22/04 improper maintenance, brake failure It appears that stalls are an unreasonably large percentage of accidents, especially for a plane that was billed as stall-proof. CFIT seems to be the biggest problem in the Cirrus, which would seem to support the "doctor-killer" theory. Maintenance is also a real problem area. Although it does not show up directly in the NTSB database, it appears that bounced landings resulting in prop and tail strikes are a problem, though not a deadly one. I don't know how many of the bounced landings were caused by stalls. |
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