Originally Posted by
Clare Prop
I'm thinking maybe structural failure of the tailplane as a reason for a descent like this. Horrific whatever it was. RIP
I’ve been thinking the same thing. It’s one of the older examples out there. Turbulence can cause all of sorts of stresses. The Gen 1 cirrus does not have detachable wings, which is the reason why until later on that they were all flown to Australia from the USA, so it sounds unlikely that a wing fell off. The tail section (elevator?) is a different story, but this would surely be the first ever based on previous readings. Short of a spin or missing tail section, there aren’t that many ways to get a 1.5t aircraft from that altitude to the ground in such a short space of time.