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To: Dinah Lord

Just curious, have many chutes from these planes been used and what is the success rate?

297 posted on 02/18/2010 9:19:08 AM PST by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)

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To: cornfedcowboy

41 fatal accidents in SR2X airplanes [NTSB & news media]

11 in SR20s and 30 in SR22s (73%)

82 fatalities and 10 survivors with injuries

13 CAPS parachute activations [NTSB & news media]

Two in SR20s and 11 in SR22s (85%)

11 parachute saves with one fatality and 24 survivors

Two parachute failures

Two fatal parachute activations, included above

http://www.cirruspilots.org/content/SafetyHowSafeIsACirrus.aspx

348 posted on 02/18/2010 9:24:17 AM PST by jaydubya2

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