On Jul 13, 7:47*am, a wrote:
It may be selective memory on my part, but it seems these airplanes
have been over represented among GA accidents lately.

The story of this crash can be found here (and elsewhere)

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_s...e-Plane-crashe...

The NTSB preliminary report has been issued.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=ERA10FA356&rpt=p

There are several items embedded in the report that were
'inconsistent' with my guesses as to what might have contributed to
this accident. Note that the pilot had a significant number of hours
-- over a hundred -- as PIC in this airplane, and a reasonable amount
of total time -- 400 plus. A hundred hours in the Cirrus, probably 70
landings. The PIC could have been any medium time pilot among us. If
it was VFR those numbers would have given me enough confidence to sit
in the back seat!

What is the lesson we who fly can learn from this-- be careful to
control airspeed on final? Control attitude on go-round? Pay
attention to the basics?

It was a flight for a sad purpose with an even sadder ending. May all
somehow find peace.