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Since the landing gear and firewall are a part of the structure designed to be crushed for energy absorption during impact after parachute deployment, Cirrus originally thought that the airframe would be damaged beyond repair on ground-impact, but the first aircraft to deploy (N1223S) [5] landed in mesquite and was not badly damaged. Cirrus ...
Cirrus SR20 test deployment of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) over the southern California desert in 1998, Scott Anderson piloting In early 1996, Anderson's career path led him to Cirrus Design [ 9 ] (now called Cirrus Aircraft), a newly Duluth-landed general aviation startup founded by two brothers, Alan and Dale Klapmeier ...
The pilot of the Cirrus, which was a private rental aircraft on a local flight from Centennial Airport, deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) and made a safe parachute-assisted forced landing near Cherry Creek Reservoir; the pilot and single passenger were not injured. [1] [2]
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1998 photo series showing a Cirrus ballistic parachute deployment in action. A ballistic parachute, ballistic reserve parachute, or emergency ballistic reserve parachute, is a parachute ejected from its casing by a small explosion, [1] much like that used in an ejection seat.
Cirrus Aircraft founders, Cirrus SR20 and SR22, Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, Cirrus Vision SF50, pioneers of composite-airframes and glass cockpits for light aircraft: Parent(s) Larry and Carol Klapmeier: Awards: See below: Alan Klapmeier: Born October 6, 1958 (age 66) Saint Paul, Minnesota, US: Alma mater: Wisconsin Ripon College: Years ...
The companies named the design the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), and, as of April 2023, made it standard equipment on all 9,000+ Cirrus SR aircraft. In 2002, BRS received a supplemental type certificate to install their parachute system in the Cessna 172, followed by the Cessna 182 in 2004 and the Symphony SA-160 in 2006. [1]
Data from Cirrus SR20 Specifications Webpage General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 3 Length: 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) Wingspan: 38 ft 4 in (11.68 m) Height: 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Empty weight: 2,126 lb (964 kg) Gross weight: 3,050 lb (1,383 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Continental IO-360-ES six cylinder, horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine, 200 hp (150 kW) Propellers: 3-bladed Performance Cruise ...