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Cirrus SR-22 ditching near Hawaii; Parachute descent of aircraft
Topic Started: Jan 27 2015, 04:39 AM (65 Views)
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The system has been around for a while and has saved a few lives, but it's rarely seen in action. The Cirrus SR-22 light aircraft is fitted with a Ballistic Recovery System where the pilot/s can deploy a parachute which will bring the aircraft to the surface in a controlled manner.

This footage was filmed near Hawaii when the pilot ran out of fuel.

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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Lucky man but why did he run out of fuel over the Pacific, miscalculated or what. I'm surprised that that parachute system isn't fitted a lot more.
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I can't locate the report I read earlier today, but the gist of is that the pilot (flying alone) experienced a malfunction of the fuel selector valve on the ferry fuel tank that was fitted in the aircraft. After a considerable time trying to fix this, in conjunction with the US Coast Guard and the aircraft operating company by radio, he diverted to a position closer to a cruise ship to prepare for the ditching.

A USCG Hercules shadowed him for safety and filmed the parachute deployment. He climbed into his one man dinghy and was picked up by the small vessel from the cruise ship having spent about 40 minutes in the water. It appears not to be a case of poor planning and simply running out of fuel, rather the opposite in that he seemed to have all the bases covered. From what I've read so far, the worst case scenario plan worked as advertised.

Undoubtedly lucky, but also prepared!
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Another video here showing a much more dramatic airframe parachute deployment - seems like a good idea!

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Jan 27 2015, 01:23 PM
I can't locate the report I read earlier today, but the gist of is that the pilot (flying alone) experienced a malfunction of the fuel selector valve on the ferry fuel tank that was fitted in the aircraft. After a considerable time trying to fix this, in conjunction with the US Coast Guard and the aircraft operating company by radio, he diverted to a position closer to a cruise ship to prepare for the ditching.

A USCG Hercules shadowed him for safety and filmed the parachute deployment. He climbed into his one man dinghy and was picked up by the small vessel from the cruise ship having spent about 40 minutes in the water. It appears not to be a case of poor planning and simply running out of fuel, rather the opposite in that he seemed to have all the bases covered. From what I've read so far, the worst case scenario plan worked as advertised.

Undoubtedly lucky, but also prepared!
That explains things well, thanks.
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As my Flight Instructor always told me, "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." And he was so right!
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