Originally Posted by
draglift
If I had an engine failure in a Cirrus and could not reach an airfield I would rather glide down and land in a suitable field. Is that what is recommended or do they suggest pulling the parachute handle?
Cirrus wants you to pull the parachute handle. Too many Cirrus pilots have killed themselves trying to glide into fields when the parachute would have saved them. These airplanes are not much of a glider and with 80kt approach speeds there is a fair bit of energy to go barrelling into a field. And that's assuming there is a field to land in and you're not over mountains, over a heavily populated city, over water... not everyone lives in the mid west.