Descent rate under chute is less than 2,000 fpm, forward speed less than 20 knots and time to deploy down to near zero forward speed is less than 10 seconds.
There are only a very limited number of ways that an aircraft can lose that much altitude in that short space of time and pushing the nose forward does not result in the profile shown above.
If it was in a spin for whatever reason it entered, the chute was the only practical solution available. Build date 2002, so in theory it would have just had it’s second 10 year chute re-pack completed, so presumably it was in good operating condition.
Last edited by Squawk7700; 6th Oct 2023 at 22:40.