This only confirms my not-so-irrational fear of losing a wing mid-air.
It’s more or less the only thing you have no control over unless you are equipped with BRS or similar, which Pipers are not.
Not sure if BRS work when the attachements are gone with the wing? even Cirrus will lose it’s wings and go down with excess of speed (it’s 300hp power pointed to the ground after all) in a convective weather dive
If I lose control and spot ASI past VNE, I would pull power off first before BRS but that is just my opinion
I think throttling back in convective weather (and reducing cruise speed deep in the green arc down to 1.4×VS would do the job), after all fiberglass & wooden gliders (with pic in parachute) and fabric cubs manage lot of sh**t just fine, it’s what BRS does cuts the engine & reduce speed…
A TS is capable of dismantling any plane if you fly into it fast enough.
Even the super strong TB20/21 came apart on a TS, once.
What is curious is the prop coming off while apparently still airborne.
