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Duxford.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:01 am
by G-CPTN
Re: Duxford.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:41 am
by CharlieOneSix
A Cirrus SR22T (G-RGSK) suffered an accident while performing touch-and-goes at Duxford Airfield.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/372326
Re: Duxford.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:54 am
by Boac
It appears the ?spin recovery? chute fired just after impact. Sadly, looks fatal.
Re: Duxford.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:59 am
by Archer
Looks pretty serious. The media is not (yet) stating that the pilot has passed away, but he/she can't be in very good shape after that. It was indeed the CAPS parachute going up, I wonder if that has a G-switch in its system somewhere.
Having checked this PDF:
https://flyasg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads ... _Guide.pdf I don't think it is activated by any sort of impact detection/G-switch. It would not make sense to have that included as CAPS is not meant for zero-zero activation at all. You need altitude to deploy it. Most likely the deformation of the fuselage created the pull on the cable that triggered the rocket.
Re: Duxford.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:20 pm
by llondel
Pilot didn't make it.
A man who died after a private plane crashed at a well-known airfield has been named by friends and colleagues as pilot Simon Riggs.
Emergency services were called to Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford, Cambridgeshire, at about 13:41 GMT on Tuesday.
The victim, aged in his 50s and from Bedfordshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjex992z0wlo
Re: Duxford.
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:35 am
by Archer
That is very sad news...