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VTAILJEFF@aol.com wrote:
I interviewed the pilots after the event and it was not a road but a field and they totaled the aircraft and it was not an engine failure but an instrument failure in IMC. It was a Cirrus.
This perfectly illustrates my issues with BRS: The mindset that goes with it.
Since when has "an instrument failure in IMC" become a "must get the plane on the ground immediately" emergency? If you have "an instrument failure in IMC" you revert to backup instruments like you have been taught since the first day of IFR training. If you do not have backup instruments or do not know how to use your backup instrument, you should not be venturing into IMC, with or without a BRS or even a full blown ejection seat.
I do not know if having a BRS cultivates this kind of a mindset or merely attracts it.
Regards,
Hamid
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