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Old 21st February 2009 | 17:35
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soay
 
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There's a good article about this here on AVWeb.

The NTSB report of a Cirrus SR20 that crashed killing an instructor and his student while practicing this manoeuver can be read here. It determined the probable cause to be:

"The student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, and, the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor in the accident was the strong tailwind encountered as the airplane turned from an upwind to a downwind during the teardrop maneuver."
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