I am reminded of a story from a book of lucky escapes relating the case of a P-51 pilot.
During a high speed dive one of the ailerons detached and the aircraft went into a high-G spiral where he blacked out. At some stage at low level the aircraft disintegrated and he was thrown clear sideways from the wreckage with part catching and pulling out the contents of his parachute pack which began to stream.
At this stage he passed through the top branches of some trees where the parachute turned his path just about fully horizontal before he then entered a corn field where he cut a gently descending groove across the field before coming to a halt with the remnants of the parachute stretched out behind him.
He reportedly awoke with no injuries.