Posted on 09/21/2025 7:13:44 PM PDT by xxqqzz
November 218 Victor Bravo, a Sirrus SR22 0:11 Turbo crashed around 3 p.m. Eastern near 0:14 Franklin, North Carolina, fatally 0:17 injuring all three occupants. From ADSB 0:21 tracking, we can see that 8 Victor Bravo 0:23 is in route from Nashville to Mon County 0:26 Airport. Let's bring in Mark Wadell now. 0:29 Dean of Aviation Safety with the 0:31 details. Mark, 0:33 thank you. Chuck, I'm going to be 0:36 talking about what we've learned so far 0:38 concerning a fatal accident in Cirrus 0:40 SR22T 0:42 November 218 Victor Bravo. It occurred 0:45 at Mon County Airport in Franklin, North 0:47 Carolina on September 18, 2025. 0:51 Before I continue, I want to express our 0:54 deepest condolences to all family, 0:56 friends, and colleagues of the pilot and 0:58 his passengers who died in this 1:00 accident. 1:02 The accident made local and national
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Doesn’t this plane have a parachute?
Possibly too low to deploy if doing a go-around (?)
I understand planes can be ordered with their very own parachute, now. Some models designed to shoot you to the nearest airport! I just heard of it.
My son has a private plane and was going to see what we can learn.
I forgot about the conversation until your question came up.
Yes, he got too slow on the second go around and spun in after a stall. Too low for the parachute. RIP Brett and family.
A classic case of get-home-itis combined with a lack of flying discipline. From the ADS-B data, it appears he attempted two unstabilized approaches using a circling approach to get under the clouds rather than following the published IFR stabilized approach.
The airport was uncontrolled and in a bowl with high terrain surrounding it. His airspeed was high, and he executed a missed approach requiring a left turn and a high rate of climb to avoid the terrain. An aircraft can stall at any speed when the angle of attack exceeds the stall point. This could all have been avoided if he had set up for a stabilized straight-in approach.
Yes. The SR22 as do all Cirrus aircraft has a CAPS (Cirrus Airframe Parachute System.). The recommended altitude above ground level for deployment is 2000 feet. There have been safe deployments below 2000 feet but as low as they were in their second go around, they were way too low for effective deployment. The pilot got way too low on hir airspeed when he started his second go around and it appears he stalled and went into a nose down spiral. ADSB showed his speed at about 72 knots just before loss of control. Just way too slow.
Obviously a low alt stall while attempting the 2nd go around.
Doesn’t work if you’re too close to the ground.
First thing I surmised looking at the pictures was a stall. The Cirrus has a very good safety record.
Simply going fast is potentially lethal. If you were Usain Bolt and could run 60 mph, hitting a brick wall at that speed (unprotected) would kill you. And airplanes can go much, much faster than that.
Propelling yourself through the sky in a metal airship is an unnatural and inherently dangerous act. To quote Wilbur Wright, "If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds."
A more apropos "pilot saying" would be, "All take-offs are optional. All landings are mandatory."
Check out the youtube channel “Pilot Debrief”. The program is presented by a retired USAF pilot/current airline captin who uses the moniker “Hoover”. He gives detailed analyses of the endless stream of general aviation accidents. Invariably they almost always involve pilot error. You’ll never fly on a small plane again.
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