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Uploaded by on Apr 20, 2008

This pilot overstresses his aircraft at an aieshow. This result demostrates that planes dont fly very well without wings

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  • RIP!Aircraft:Partenavia P68C/Location:Plainview,TX/Yea­r:1983/Registration:N29561/NTS­B Id:FTW83FA424 NTSB Report Excerpt:" ACFT'S SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE WING SEPARATIONS WAS 220 KTS. VNE FOR THE ACFT IS 193 KTS. IT WAS CALCULATED THAT, AT 220 KTS & AN 8 DEG NOSE-UP PITCH, THE 'G' LOAD AT THE TIME OF THE WING SEPARATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN 8.3 G'S."

    Normal Category, max load factor is 3.8G(14CFR23.337),ultimate 5.7G.Pilot exceeded limits of even an AEROBATIC plane, which this was NOT. DONT DO THIS

  • The Partenavia is an Italian-made plane, and the accident happened in Texas, not China. It failed because it is not rated for aerobatic flight and the pilot routinely flew it as if it was. It's just a sad story about a pilot who didn't believe the science. It's not an opportunity to rehearse ignorant prejudices--it was ignorance that caused this accident. Parading one's own ignorance in response hardly seems apt.

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  • no chute... r.i.p.

  • @JBofBrisbane If he was doing high g maneuvers for an airshow, he should have made a parachute more of a priority, since the normal/utility category plane is less suited for aerobatics.

  • @fubleduck - Civil aviation (general and commercial) aircraft rarely fly with parachutes - unless the aircraft's occupants intend to jump out at some stage before it lands.

  • I was waiting for the pilot to jump out with a parachute. R.I.P

  • Looks like Obama needs to slap on some more regulations lol

  • He'll be fine.

  • @usmctanks1 Correct, she was on the PA talking through the performance, the screaming is her watching her husband die. This is sad, not funny.

  • probably not a smart idea to induce load limits beyond the integrity of the aircraft.

  • wish he has invested in a balistic recovery system

  • If you dont know Japanese I will translate.

    He said "this what happen to you when fly over USA"

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