May 8, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Here is a scary one,
”The pilot and a friend had been airborne for about 55 minutes when they decided to practise
some steep turns at a height of 2,000 ft. The plan was to complete one turn to the right first
and then reverse the turn. The first turn, at 45º angle of bank, was normal but when the
pilot applied left aileron to commence the second turn, he felt the right aileron cable break
and could see it hanging slack outside the cockpit window. He discontinued the turn and
recovered to wings level.”
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Auster%20J5G%20Cirrus%20Autocar,%20G-ARKG%2005-14.pdf