Pilot OK after Cirrus SR22 Chute Deployment

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, January 07, 2014 at 10:50 PM ET

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** Photo by Katie Kuba/The Inter-Mountain**

Key Takeaways:

A Cirrus SR22 pilot experienced an engine failure over Upshur County, West Virginia, and safely deployed the aircraft's emergency parachute.
The pilot was uninjured, though the descending aircraft struck a truck on a road, startling but not injuring the driver.
The pilot, James Meadows, was en route to Pennsylvania and preparing to refuel at Upshur County Regional Airport when the engine quit.

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The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 who experienced an apparent engine failure in flight over Upshur County, West Virginia, on Saturday was uninjured after deploying the airplane’s emergency parachute.

According to local news reports, the Cirrus struck a truck being driven on a road as the airplane came to rest near a car dealership. The driver of the vehicle was startled but uninjured.