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Article: BRS 'Saves' Cirrus SR22 -- Pilot Uninjured; First-Ever Deployment in A Certified Aircraft.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 8, 2002
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Yesterday, at about 2:30 p.m., pilot Lionel Morrison, 53, of Dallas, Texas walked away from his Cirrus design SR22 aircraft following a "severe" loss of control and subsequent deployment of his BRS parachute system. The aircraft touched down in a wooded area near The Gold [golf] Club at Castle Hills near the Dallas suburb of Lewisville.
"The pilot was talking to the Addison [control] tower and told them that he was having trouble with his aileron," said John Clabes, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. "He told [tower personnel] that he was going to deploy the parachute, and he did."
The parachute is made by BRS, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ...