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[Squawk7700]

Came across this today:

Cirrus Deploys Parachute In Arkansas, Hits Truck - AVweb flash Article (http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Cirrus-Deploys-Parachute-In-Arkansas-Hits-Truck-225155-1.html)

Without wanting to be an armchair expert, I'm surprised at how high the descent rate was from 10,000 ft. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.

A video of the impact is here:

Plane lands on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fayetteville | Fayetteville Flyer (http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2015/11/03/plane-crashes-on-martin-luther-king-jr-boulevard/)

I note the seatbelt airbags deployed successfully as expected. Oh to be rich... :{

[spinex]

219kts, that boy was in an awful hurry to reach terra firma, isn't that a little north of VNE? Pity, if he'd just pottered along at best glide he should easily have been able to dead stick in at the local airport.

Edit: I was being a little facetious - I guess he was working on doing exactly that but things got away from him. Ah well, the silk letdown saved the day.

[Squawk7700]

The descent rate seemed somewhat higher than the recent one here in the Blue Mountains and I note that the Blue Mountains one was fitted with the larger chute. I would think that the larger chute should be standard; you're hardly going to ask for a small one ! :confused:

[MakeItHappenCaptain]

Think larger chute was only brought in on the Vs to allow a higher MTOW in competing with C400s.:confused: