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Message: [Acro] Len Fox bails out of Lancair 400 in spin test

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From: "Herman Dierks" <hdierks at earthlink.net>

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 03:17:25 UTC

Message:

Saw this on last issue of Avflash

LANCAIR 400 PROTOTYPE LOST IN SPIN TEST
The malfunction of an emergency recovery system led to the loss 
yesterday morning of the prototype Lancair Columbia 400. At about 10:30 
a.m. local time, after a series of spin tests and successful recoveries, 
test pilot Len Fox activated a small tailcone-mounted "spin chute" when 
his control inputs failed to induce recovery form a (final) 
well-developed spin. Deployment of the chute caused nose-down pitch, 
slowed spin rotation and allowed Fox to recover. However, an equipment 
malfunction of unknown nature prevented release of the chute and 
precluded a safe landing. Fox departed the aircraft and used a parachute 
of his own to choreograph his safe return. The abandoned aircraft 
crashed in a field near Millican, Ore., and burned. 
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/121-full.html#185584

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