Quite how the Key Lime pilot managed to stay so calm I don't know - a lot in the video comments saying he had no idea what had happened, but I think even with the finest of noise cancelling headsets you'd notice the tearing of metal and a sudden draught from the rear.
There's the right way, the wrong way and the railway.
DXing/forum/images/avatars/gallery/business/1.pngoffline13 May 21, 12:13
The initial reports said he thought he had lost his right engine and was going to land one way or the other at the airport. Also that he didn't realize the extent of the damage till he got out of the plane. Probably a good thing he didn't.
The aircraft reminds me of some of the pictures of damaged B-17 bombers from WWII.
How the frame didn't crack says something to the construction and maintenance of the aircraft given it is 40+ years old.
Although the parachute works, still looks like a pretty hard landing. But it beats the alternative of no power or control. The aircraft looked remarkably intact before it hit the ground. Not so much once loaded on the flatbed for the trip to the airport. Question, when you pull the handle for the parachute to deploy, does that shut off the fuel supply automatically or do you still have to go through a shutdown sequence?
What's the point of an open door policy if inside the open door sits a closed mind?
Mark/forum/images/avatars/gallery/business/8.pngoffline13 May 21, 13:29
ShyFlyer/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user73/1.pngoffline(Founding Member) 13 May 21, 14:45
DXing wrote:Question, when you pull the handle for the parachute to deploy, does that shut off the fuel supply automatically or do you still have to go through a shutdown sequence?
Apparently, you do. Though shutting down a piston engine isn't all that complicated.
GQfluffy/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user84/1.pngoffline(Database Editor & Founding Member) 13 May 21, 17:40
Metros are ugly SOBs...but I loved working them back in the GQ days...
Our MX guys loved them, too. Much moreso than their replacements 1900Ds.
EDIT: And aye...that Key Lime pilot....cool as the other side of the pillow. Kept flying the aircraft...probably turned his shoulder after coming to a hault... "Huh...that's a thing."
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ShyFlyer/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user73/1.pngoffline(Founding Member) 24 May 21, 23:39
Preliminary report is out. As such, no new info nor any determinations of cause, just the basic facts. It does have a handy graphic of the ADS-B plot of both aircraft.
bhmbaglock/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/default.pngoffline25 May 21, 16:56
Seems pretty clear the Cirrus screwed things royally. Sloppy turn from base to final going wide of the approach path to the parallel runway. Hell, even if he thought he was going for 17L he went pretty far wide.
GQfluffy/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user84/1.pngoffline(Database Editor & Founding Member) 25 May 21, 17:30
ATC didn't really....help things either.
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