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Old 4th Apr 2023, 03:52
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nreese
 
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From an eye witness I chatted with on another forum, the aircraft had a tail strike on landing, pitched up steeply and climbed to about fifty feet, then stalled. Ten points to Grifindor for working out what happened there. My wild take on it, unstable approach, messed up go around. Even though the stats don't necessarily show it, I still have a sneaking suspicion that some people fly a Cirrus in the hope that its 'safety features' will make up for lack of confidence in their abilities. Classic example is the pilot that recently had and engine failure at 10,000 feet, got to 2000 feet and pulled the 'chute handle ("as per the PoH" - WTF? - which didn't work), and still pulled off an OK forced landing (well done, dude). Why on earth would you go for the CAPS option rather than a controlled forced landing? (ooops, sorry, PoH said ...).
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