Cirrus down, Chapel Hill NC

On Jul 20, 7:57*pm, a wrote:
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On Jul 20, 10:39*am, a wrote:

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On Jul 20, 10:07*am, a wrote:

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?

Talk about basics.... Why a downwind landing? *We all know AWOS not
always correct.

In the report.

The airplane appeared to be coming in faster than usual for a small plane and according to the
windsock beside the runway; the plane was landing with the wind not against it.

Witness statement would seem to be credible if the plane had a
tailwind.

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Yeah, I saw that as well as it being a direct Xwind for runway 9 per
ASOS which seems to conflict the witness report of seeing the windsock
running the same direction of the runway.

4 knots of wind is enough to move leaves, and you can feel it on your
face. If it was a tail wind he'd have come in with an over-the-ground
speed 4 knots more than he might expect. It's a little worse than
that, if it was 4 knots at 6 feet AGL it would be half that at his
wing's AGL at touch down, in effect increasing his airspeed. *My
airplane, and I am pretty sure the Cirrus has the same characteristic,
is if you carry too much speed into ground effect you're in for a
long, long, float. My experience is, you have to be patient and let
the beast want to stop flying before it settles onto the gear. Too
fast down and it'll bounce, as this man seems to have done with the
Cirrus. . It's another GA tragedy no matter what the cause.

Exactly my point hence me bringing out that downwind landing factor.
Real estate gets eaten up pretty quickly and in the Sundowner I
previously owned, just as your experiences, too much speed and you
float kind dom kong. I wouldn't want to imagine a tail wind component
exasperating that.

To me, it can seem somewhat conceivable that an experience person who
works at an airport be able to notice a plane moving about 7 to 10 mph
faster then normal assuming the winds were 4 knits (could have easily
been higher especially if witnesses state it seemed faster then
normal)