Aero-News Alert: SR22 Saved by Chute In Severe Icing | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-04.22.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.16.24

Airborne-FlightTraining-04.17.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers-04.18.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.19.24

Join Us At 0900ET, Friday, 4/10, for the LIVE Morning Brief.
Watch It LIVE at
www.airborne-live.net

Sat, Jan 14, 2006

Aero-News Alert: SR22 Saved by Chute In Severe Icing

ANN REALTIME Update 0002 EST, 01.14.06: Three lives have been saved by a BRS CAPS deployment while imperiled by severe icing over Alabama. We have confirmed that the stricken SR22, (a 2002 model without TKS deicing or the Avidyne Entegra system), has grounded safely with three persons on board and that everyone is "fine." The aircraft departed Birmingham, AL, at 1544 CST and was proceeding to 8000 feet on a Southeasterly course when this incident occurred.

ANN has learned, via sources that have spoken with Pilot Kerwin Day, that SR22 N87HK was IFR climbing through icing conditions when it merged at 8000 feet. The aircraft was visibly covered in "quite a lot" of ice and exhibited severe control difficulties that included an uncommanded left bank of 90 degrees followed by an uncommanded right bank of 180 degrees and an apparent lost of control.

The pilot then initiated a parachute deployment that concluded successfully, though we have reports that this one was a "wild ride" in light of the fact that the aircraft was no longer under positive control. The right door was ripped off the aircraft during the deployment, but other than that, the deployment and landing were true to form. The aircraft is down in Alabama, having landed in trees, and was reportedly suspended about five feet off the ground. All three occupants are safe and have already made a number of phone calls reporting the adventure. In an exclusive report to ANN by Air Shares' David Lee (though this was NOT an Air Shares airplane), Day reportedly told Lee that, "I would not be talking to you today if I hadn't been in a Cirrus."

There is reportedly a fair amount of damage to one wing but little else to the rest of the airframe.

E-I-C Note: This has been a wild story. ANN actually wound up alerting both Cirrus Design and BRS to their latest save after an alert ANN News-Spy forwarded a brief PIREP to ANN HQ reporting the barest of details about the incident. ANN immediately investigated the matter and provided the first word of this save to both Cirrus officials and BRS... when we say REAL-TIME... we weren't kidding... grin.

Raw text PIREP

MGM UUA /OV SCD 270004/TM 2200/FL090/TP SR22/IC SVR ICG 077-0900/RM ACFT WAS DESCENDING BY PARACHUTE DUE TO SEVRE ICG BUILDUP CORRECTION ANB UUA /OV SCD/TM 2240/FL077/TP SR22/IC SVR /RM DEPLOYED PARACHUTE ZME

Decoded PIREP

Montgomery FSS Urgent PIREP  Location: Sylacauga, Alabama (SCD) 270004 (270 degrees 4 NM from Sylacauga airport, possibly from Sylacauga NDB which is also coded SCD) Time 2200Z Altitude (FL) 9000 feet, Type SR 22, Icing Severe Icing from 7,700 to 9,000 feet, Remark: Aircraft was descending by parachute due to severe icing buildup. Correction

Anniston FSS Urgent PIREP Location: Sylacauga, AL, Time 2240Z Type SR 22, Icing Severe, deployed parachute  (ZME is the signature for Atlanta Center)

FMI: www.cirrusdesign.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.25.24): Airport Rotating Beacon

Airport Rotating Beacon A visual NAVAID operated at many airports. At civil airports, alternating white and green flashes indicate the location of the airport. At military airports>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.25.24)

Aero Linx: Fly for the Culture Fly For the Culture, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that serves young people interested in pursuing professions in the aviation industry>[...]

Klyde Morris (04.22.24)

Klyde Is Having Some Issues Comprehending The Fed's Priorities FMI: www.klydemorris.com>[...]

Airborne 04.24.24: INTEGRAL E, Elixir USA, M700 RVSM

Also: Viasat-uAvionix, UL94 Fuel Investigation, AF Materiel Command, NTSB Safety Alert Norges Luftsportforbund chose Aura Aero's little 2-seater in electric trim for their next gli>[...]

Airborne 04.22.24: Rotor X Worsens, Airport Fees 4 FNB?, USMC Drone Pilot

Also: EP Systems' Battery, Boeing SAF, Repeat TBM 960 Order, Japan Coast Guard H225 Buy Despite nearly 100 complaints totaling millions of dollars of potential fraud, combined with>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC