Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) did it again, as both the occupants are safe after their Cirrus SR22T aircraft (N927CS) crashed into the Bellevue neighborhood in Washington. Sources say, two men in the aircraft were on a training flight from Renton when their engine failed over the Newport Hills neighborhood forcing them to deploy the CAPS. #aircraft #aviation #safety | FL360aero

How does the Cirrus Parachute System Work? Inside the fuselage of the Cirrus is an 80 foot diameter parachute. In the event of an engine failure over water or high ground where you can’t guarantee a safe landing, you pull a red handle in the cockpit ceiling. It fires a rocket which punches-out a panel in the fuselage. The rocket pulls the parachute outside of the aeroplane and it opens up in a staged deployment. It’ll essentially hold the aircraft in a cradle of straps, one of which goes back in

Meet Greg Huntley: a family-man, business owner, seasoned pilot and Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) advocate. Nearly 10 years ago, he activated CAPS in his Cirrus aircraft, which returned him home safely to his family. Today, he celebrates the delivery of two new SR Series G7 aircraft, the best-selling single-engine piston aircraft in the world. #CirrusLife #SRSeries #CAPS | Cirrus

🪂 One of the features that makes flying a Cirrus so unique is the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). Before every flight, we remove the CAPS pin and place it visibly as a reminder that we’re in an aircraft equipped with a whole-airplane parachute. CAPS is considered on every takeoff and built into every safety briefing. We make sure passengers know how it works in case of an emergency, and we train our pilots to treat it as a natural part of flying Cirrus. With proper training and awarene

Fun fact: all @cirrusaircraft have a parachute. I'm not talking about for the pilots, I mean for the PLANE! Cirrus is first & currently only company in the industry to include a whole airframe parachute as standard equipment on all certified aircraft models. The rocket-propelled parachute can be deployed when the plane is 600 feet in the air to lower the entire aircraft to the ground in an emergency. I'll attach the link to a fascinating video of the parachute deployment & cruise ship rendezvous