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Old 22nd February 2022 | 01:40
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India Four Two
 
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What I find odd about this accident report, is that there is no mention of the autopilot. A few years ago I flew a Cirrus SR 22 for a couple of hours, including two landings and takeoffs and an ILS approach into Burbank.

Apart from the landings and takeoffs, the whole flight was done using the autopilot, with the exception of adjusting power during the ILS because there is no autothrottle. The autopilot was much more capable of flying the aircraft than I was and I am surprised that the unfortunate pilot in this accident did not use the auto pilot to get himself out of trouble.
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