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I've heard that deploying the parachutes blows out a part of the frame, and the plane is a total loss at that point.

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Yea it's sorta like jews and hats but human.

It's been an option since the late 90s on single-engine aircraft from Cirrus. It's informally known as a ballistic recovery system, but Cirrus calls it CAPS (Cirrus Airframe Parachute System).

Generally meant to be a last resort, not for a simple engine failure. If the engine dies, you look for a place to set it down. And below a certain altitude it won't have enough time to deploy anyway.

In fact, most pilots with planes equipped with a parachute will brief the takeoff in various segments.

Below V1 (the speed at which the plane MUST take off, because it's going too fast to stop before running out of runway) = Stop on the ground.

V1 until a predetermined altitude (I think 500' AGL) = land straight ahead.

Above previous altitude to pattern altitude = parachute available, pull if needed.

Above pattern altitude = Return to field.

If the engine up and dies higher than that, there's usually plenty of time to figure out either how to get it going again or find a place to land. Your main priorities (in order) are

1. Aviate (fly the damn plane)
2. Navigate (avoid obstacles)
3. Communicate (contact tower/atc/etc to let them know what's going on)
4. Problem-solve.

So really the only time you'd need to pull the chute at altitude would be either a catastrophic failure of the airframe, or a unrecoverable loss of control (which could also cause said airframe failure).

Looks like the video was filmed in vertical which means it's highly likely it was a nigger filming.