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Cirrus SR22 Parachute Deployment Caused by Intentional Spin Demonstration
It has been revealed that the May 10, 2014 incident occurred when an "over-confident" salesman intentionally put a Cirrus SR22 into an aggravated stall before he lost control of the airplane and had to pull the parachute handle. The salesman, also a flight instructor, routinely flew a similar flight profile to demonstrate the safeguards built into the aircraft to prevent an out-of-control spin. The salesman has since promised never to try those maneuvers again. (www.avweb.com) More...
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How do you know something will go wrong? When someone says, "Hey! Watch this!" :D
Absolutely. Probably famous last words by more people than history knows about.
a very common "Human factors of flight" type question on the PPL exam.
It is entirely possible that after engaging in this maneuver umpteen times without incident this was the first time he had performed it with a back seat passenger. Aft CG issue? Makes stall/spin recovery a different animal- especially aggravated if the back seat passenger is 'hefty'. Note too, that yes you can spin a 172, but only with chutes and nobody in the back seat- Utility Category rules.
Does Cirrus have a 'you break it, you buy it' policy?
Guess he didn't read that book. The POH one that says you can't fix stupid!
