Pace
It is the numbers that indicate the chances of getting a reparable Cirrus from a chute pull or a forced landing are more or less the same.
I have no doubt that a well executed forced landing would result in zero damage but even that is a nice little job if you have to recover the aircraft from the field.
Interestingly some numbers that I saw from the USA suggest that he odds of surviving a SEP forced landing are the same night or day ! That has to say something about the pilot skill level.
Last edited by A and C; 5th Dec 2012 at 05:09.