Originally Posted by
DIBO
An SR22 piloted by a Pprune member, enroute from Germany to the UK approaching COSTA VOR (Belgium) at FL100, got in trouble ("lost the propellor" ??), headed inland (most likely for Ostend EBOS), but ended up pulling the BRS when approaching the city of Bruges. Both pilot and airplane (more or less) look in pretty good shape after the event.
https://www.hln.be/brugge/john-72-ma...aind~a5d47a8c/ (in dutch - main article behind paywall, but we all can see that he avoided schools and hospitals)
https://www.hln.be/damme/sportvliegt...hute~a1635e49/
I presume the pilot one day will share some firsthand insights.
Second BRS "landing" near Bruges in a year (or two)
It was me. I was flying from Monchengladbach to Cambridge yesterday. I felt a strong vibration and asked to divert to Ostend. Just after turning on course there was a bang and the prop departed the aircraft.
I called Mayday, descended from 10000 feet to 3000, found a field and pulled CAPS. The system and the training worked exactly as advertised and I am entirely unhurt.