"Matt Whiting" wrote in
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Ron,

Stupid pilot tricks have nothing to do at all with the chute. In fact, GA
pilots have managed to get themselves killed in a wide range of stupid
tricks since 1905 or so, thank you very much. Blaming the chute in any
way is a red herring. Compare the accident stats of new Cessna 182 (and
only the new ones) with those of the Cirrus, like some publicatin
recently did. They are very similar. That possibly tells us something
about what kind of pilot can afford a new plane. It also tells us there
is not really an issue with the Cirrus, apart from pilot factors.

It also tells you that the chute is providing no benefit with respect to
the accident rate.

Accident rate or injury rate? And, I think it's clear that few people here
believe that it helps much in the most typical types of accidents.

moo