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Old 29th Jul 2012, 17:28
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peterh337
 
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I wonder how many Cirruses where the chute wasn't pulled but the aircraft was in fully flying condition (e.g. "just" an engine failure) ended up injuring or killing occupants as a result of a forced landing which was attempted to an apparently suitable site but which for some reason didn't work out.

My recollection of no-chute-pulled crashes is that most were not survivable.

I also wonder if the aircraft tends to catch fire easily. There is a video out there from a security camera, showing an SR20/22 crashing into a car park, at a fair old flying speed, and exploding into a huge fireball literally the instant it hits the ground.
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