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Dramatic: Stunt Pilot’s Wing Snaps Off Mid-Air
- Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:22am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Cue the cliches about a wing and a prayer.
Dramatic video shows 22-year-old Argentinian pilot Dino Moline managed to activate his plane’s ballistic parachute after one of his wings snapped off mid-air during a recent show. He walked away from the crash with just a burnt foot:
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Comments (42)
mtnclimberjim
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:35pmHey you wood chucks, quit chuckin my wood
Report Post »Dolt
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:10pmOld meme. Saw this over a month ago. The Blaze is on top of things yet again.
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:26pmI haaaaate when this happens!
Report Post »CruzerDog
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 4:59pmHe would have made it an Extra 300
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 3:51pmlooks like fun to me…
Report Post »Eyeball
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 2:53pmThey should put that feature on airliners.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 1:15pmIt looks like they forgot to unload the pot before they started doing acrobatic maneuvers with the plane. Either that or that was one fat Mexican.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:53pmThe soundtrack sounds like my Cell provider. He got a hot foot too.
Report Post »PhantomsPhorever
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:21pmThe aircraft is a Rans S-9 Chaos, its an amateur (kit) built aircraft. The maneuver was a “Lomchevak” which is Czhech for headache. It will overstress 95% of all aircraft made, the Rans is a little light for this in my opinion, apparently so. There is almost NEVER a small plane crash from structural failure with the exception of people who insist on flying into a Cat 5 T-storm. The best example of BRS chutes on aircraft today have been on the Cirrus designs. While quite a few lives have been saved, stats still show that pilots are hesitant to use them until too late due to the complete destruction of the airframe. They are not made to save the plane. I still prefer to glide down if need be, which is how I make every landing, and land on a road. In almost 30 years of aviation I have yet to do it, but it’s fun to practice.
Report Post »barthom
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:17pmThe falling is OK. It‘s the landing that’s bad. And the fire – Yikes.
Report Post »retsofarik
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:41amHigh stress movements like that should use the chutes but don’t make it manditory for any 1 to get them. I still believe in that small section of darwinisim that the stupid ones will find a way to die sooner before they procreate thus making the common sense folk flourish. Kudos for your forsight Italian stunt pilot!
Report Post »Pucci
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:59amThe bad thing is that there are conversion kits to equip ALL aircraft with this safety device; however it has been deemed “too costly”. It’s on Airforce 1 & 2 though.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:58amI saw a 70″ model of a similar plane in the same predicament….The pilot was able to land it without more damage …awsome.
Report Post »super_jalapeno
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:48amWow!
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:47am@OLDOLDTIMER,
That would be an absurd requirement that would keep most people from flying. It wouldn‘t be worth the cost to retrofit our 1980’s aircraft with parachutes…plus, our WINGS DON’T FALL OFF. We can much more safely glide somewhere if we lose an engine.
Report Post »KEA
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:46amWow !
Report Post »Strife
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:39amThe fire probably burned the made in china sticker off…
Glad to see that he’s okay :)
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:38amNext time use duct tape.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:38amWhat’s the big deal?? He still had another one….
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:37amDude’s lucky to be alive.
Report Post »MajSmitty
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:37amBuy the parachute maker a beer and then go kick the plane manufacturer’s ass.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:38pmWhy is it automatically the manufacturers fault? Maybe that wing failure was due to the pilot over-stressing the airframe in previous flights. Maybe a potential flaw in the spar was not seen in the annual inspection?
The manufacturer had the sense to include a parachute for additional safety.
I think your answer was a tad irresponsible.
Report Post »CygnusX1
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:37pmMost aircraft used for stunt flying are custom built either by the owners of the plane, or the construction is overseen and built to the owner/ pilot specs. Besides, the forces involved in stunt flying are far greater than anything that standard civilian aviation aircraft are designed for. I guarantee ANY production aircraft will have limitations/ ratings placed on them by the manufacture as far as performance specs just to cover themselves from someone like you who decides to sue because you decided to do something with the aircraft that it was not designed to do!
Report Post »randy
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:32amLucky guy! Amazing when technology works the way it should.
Report Post »Bad Thunder
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:31amOuch
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:30amWow! glad he had that parachute. fatigue cracks in the wing are bad mmmmkay.
Report Post »2
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:30amFreaky, I love to fly but hate to fall.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:39amAll small aircraft should be required to have those emergency chutes. Especially ultralites.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:43amHeard of these parachutes. They do seem to work for such emergencies.
Good thing he did not need to be searched by TSA, or they would most likely have confiscated the planes parachute since the name ‘ballistic’ is included in it.
Thank God he is alive.
Report Post »BEARTRUTH
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:58amThis footage was posted 3 months ago on Avweb..I thought you people were atleast CURRENT!!
Report Post »nephewofdboone
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:21amI guess Oldoldtimer never read the story about the folks who burned to death while their plane slowly floated to the ground, in a ball of flames, after the ballistic chute was deployed for an in-flight fire. Personally, I think those who support mandatory regulation are idiots.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:20am@ BEARTRUTH
Report Post »“You people”?!? Is that a racist statement?!?
KenInIL
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:29amPilot lands plane with one wing:
Report Post »http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/7956548/978913188/name/clever%20pilot.wmv
Spolic
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:31amIt’s not the falling that hurts, it’s the sudden stopping.
Report Post »TENJAX
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:57amReaserch RT network. Very scary stuff. They make MSNBC look conservative.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:02pmIf only my uncle would’ve had an emergency parachute in 1994…
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 1:12pmI don’t hate to fly, I don’t hate to fall, what I hate is the sudden stop at the end.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 5:30pm@KENINIL: nice vid, but seriously nobody’s buying that as real. Clearly an RC with some semi-clever editing.
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