Flaps at full speed.

If not the cirrus forums, or a certified mechanic, what about an engineer from the factory?
 
I was busting bravo and TFR while the flaps were accidentally deployed. It was weird because I was only 500 ft AGL above a wildlife preserve but I was in IMC so I didn't realize it.
Didn't you also have an adult beverage in the cup holder? LOL
 
There were, but they got run off.

They are told they didn't know what they were talking about.....

Gotta admit, most bureaucrats know their own regulations. But aviation bureaucrats often fail to recognize that airplanes do not fly because of the regulations . . . In fact, many times we fly despite the regulations . . .
 
No pictures it didn't happen., the speeds are more recommended than the ultimate ,if you go over them Your toast.
 
Twice (in 40+ years) I've found flap attach brackets with popped rivets on Cessnas. I assumed it was from deploying above the flap speed. Or, I guess it could have been pulling G on recovering from approach stalls gone bad, maybe? Dunno . . . .
 
It's a short river but bigger than a creek. And you spelled it wrong (not trying to be the Nazi police here but you know), it's rivette. You're welcome.
I used to work with a guy named Rivette. He's in the Gulf of Mexico now...on the bottom.
 
I used to work with a guy named Rivette. He's in the Gulf of Mexico now...on the bottom.

What's he doing down there? Harvesting oysters?

not being insensitive, just joking around
 
Joking (temporarily) aside, have it checked. Odds are, no issue (Cirri are well-engineered), but if there is one, you want to know about it and have it addressed; you certainly don't want to discover a latent problem with a subsequent failure (like one flap departing the airframe unexpectedly).

If damage occurred, it would likely be covered by insurance.
 
What's he doing down there? Harvesting oysters?

not being insensitive, just joking around
He died when the Macondo well had uncontrolled exothermic flows which in turn caused the Deepwater Horizon to spontaneously partially disassemble then sink. It's just a little deep there for oysters...

Dewey Revette was one of the crane operators when I was barge engineer on the DF-86. He was a direct report so I got to know him fairly well.
 
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