-12 Flyer
GONE WEST
Anchorage AK
I am currently taking classes towards a Master of Aeronautical Science degree at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. As part of this degree program, I am required to complete a 'Graduate Research Project'. Here's my dilema...I'm not real interested in Major Airports or 121 commercial ops. I love flying part 91/GA planes, and Alaskan flying and floats planes are my real passion. I need to come up with a topic for a research project, either a hypothesis or a research question, in the area of Aviation Safety. Anybody have any ideas of something they'd like researched? I'm at a loss for a topic. I had thought about studying Part 91 Business accidents vs. 91 Personal Use, or even 91 Public Use vs. 91 Personal Use. Thought about the full aircraft recovery chute that Cirrus uses, but from what I can find there is not much information on those. Only 4 accidents where they were deployed, and everyone is still alive. I guess they have a 100% survival rate, but they havn't been around long enough to substantiate that. What does everybody else think? I'm just fishing for ideas. Thanks for all your help, and expect more questions in the future.