Netters,
The story going around here is that the Sirrus pilot was flying at
16,000 ft and contacted Oakland and reported that his wings were icing and
he couldn't maintain alt. Just before Oakland lost him on radar they
reported he was doing 400 Kt. They think he pulled his parachute which was
never designed to be opened at that speed. It would have been twice the
speed that it was designed to be opened. They found the shredded parachute
and other aircraft parts scattered over a large area of the ski sloop. The
plane was ripped apart in mid air.
What a shame to loose a beautiful plane and a fellow pilot.
Jim Morehead
Cameron Park, CA
on 2/9/05 5:51 AM, Randy Smith at cruiseair74...@charter.net wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Calman
> To: friendlysk...@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:02 AM
> Subject: [friendlyskies] Cirrus Crash
>
>
>
>
> Like most news stories, this one leaves unanswered questions. Did the pilot
> survive the crash and die of exposure, for instance, or was he killed in the
> landing? If he was killed in the landing then the parachute is obviously
> not the answer to every problem.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
> 02/o7/05
>
> CA - Downed Pilot Found
>
> (Placer County, CA) -- Search crews found the body of a pilot
> near the Sugar Bowl ski area this morning. Air traffic controllers
> got a call from the pilot last night. He said his wings were icing
> over and he was going down over a rugged area around Soda
> Springs. Early this morning a snow-groomer at Sugar Bowl said
> he found parts of an aircraft and a parachute. Placer County
> Sheriff's officials said a debris field was found crossing the ski
> runs. Greg Murtha with Sugar Bowl says the area where the
> plane went down was ill-suited for an successful emergency landing.
> The plane disappeared from radar after leaving the Reno airport
> heading for the Bay Area. It was a four-seater Sirrus. Authorities
> believe the pilot was the only person on board.
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