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Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) In Action

AIRBOYD · 2.7M views · 2015-01-26 · 3:56

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Overview

Coast Guard footage of a Cirrus SR-22 pilot who ran out of fuel over the Pacific and deployed the airframe parachute, then escaped into a life raft. It shows the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System working in a real emergency.

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Linked in aviation threads as a concrete example of the Cirrus parachute in action, including its rough touchdown.

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maxbond · 2023-08 · Reference

Perhaps some private planes (Cirrus) are better equipped to survive losing a wing, since they have rocket-deployed parachutes. Somewhat boring video of the parachute in action ("boring" being a synonym for "an amazing triumph of safety engineering"): [VIDEO] 14m video essay about the system: [LINK] (Reporting says this was an Embraer, this is strictly a tangent.)

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dmix · 2022-09 · Reference

I you watch the video of a previous CAPS landing over water, the landings can still be a bit rough: [VIDEO] But obviously 10x better than the alternative.

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markab21 · 2018-08 · Reference

There was another incident like that too, a guy tried to make it to Hawaii and calculated he'd not make it because of headwinds and had to ditch. He deployed his airframe parachute in the plane and was picked up by a life boat from a cruise ship. Here is the coastguard video of the event: [VIDEO]

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