Thread: RANS S-9 Chaos loses a wing
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Old August 18th 10, 03:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Logajan
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Default RANS S-9 Chaos loses a wing
Jim Logajan wrote:
Video of wing failure via AVweb:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8cntPdRtk

RANS S-9 loses a wing in an airshow doing aerobatics; pilot survives
because plane is equipped with BRS and promptly deployed.

Natural to wonder whether some earlier stunt actually partially
cracked the spar.

Here's the original video which includes footage left out of the AVweb
version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnHuIET4P2s