Has a Cirrus Vision Jet Crashed?

The Cirrus Vision SF50 jet crashed about 7 p.m. at the Capital Region International Airport and then caught fire with four people and one dog aboard, but they safely exited the aircraft.

Has a Cirrus jet ever crashed?

Cirrus airplanes are rated as the world's best-selling piston aircraft, but have had a long spate of crashes over the years that set off intense speculation in the aviation industry over the reasons. One article reported 147 crashes of Cirrus SR22 aircraft between 2001 and early 2014.

How many Cirrus jets have crashed?

Now, 3 1/2 years later, there have been a total of 21 fatal accidents and 42 deaths dating to the March 1999 crash of an experimental SR20 flown by a Cirrus test pilot, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).