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Touchdown! Greaser!
Exactly...they could have pulled the chute and had more drinks on the way down!Dave, drop the hate, had it been a cirrus they would have had more options
Exactly...they could have pulled the chute and had more drinks on the way down!Dave, drop the hate, had it been a cirrus they would have had more options
Exactly...they could have pulled the chute and had more drinks on the way down!
If the original story proves true, he'll be newly unminted shortly.
Here is some more info:
Could be fuel?
Check out the prop, looks like it wasn't spinning at all when he hit.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/plane-that-crashed-has-middletown-owner/nWpXz/
Here is some more info:
Could be fuel?
Check out the prop, looks like it wasn't spinning at all when he hit.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/plane-that-crashed-has-middletown-owner/nWpXz/
Yea, im sure he did! Sounds like from the last report he didn't have any!Pilot stated he shut the fuel off pre impact
Yea, im sure he did! Sounds like from the last report he didn't have any!
I hate the idea of crashing in a low wing with one door that can easily get jammed shut if the wing is bent up on impact. Add a post-crash fire to a jammed door and survival gets dicey.
Maybe kicking the windows out isn't too hard?
The baggage compartment on my plane is also an emergency exit.
I hate the idea of crashing in a low wing with one door that can easily get jammed shut if the wing is bent up on impact. Add a post-crash fire to a jammed door and survival gets dicey.
Maybe kicking the windows out isn't too hard?
Aside from having two doors on my low wing, the forced landing checklist includes an item for unlatching/opening doors before landing.
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Aside from having two doors on my low wing, the forced landing checklist includes an item for unlatching/opening doors before landing.
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Unlatched is not open far enough to get out. There was an accident video on AOPA that proved that. However, they were able to push the door open forcefully as the wing was not deformed to the point of entrapment. Maybe flimsy doors are a good thing. There was no post crash fire either in that one.
And a 206 has only one front door and the back door gets blocked by the flaps...
I am more concerned with if I will be able to get the door opened upside down in most low wing products.
Cirrus and Diamond have the right idea including hammers, and I have considered one for my Cessna too.
And a 206 has only one front door and the back door gets blocked by the flaps...
I am more concerned with if I will be able to get the door opened upside down in most low wing products.
Cirrus and Diamond have the right idea including hammers, and I have considered one for my Cessna too.
CRASH AXE, standard issue on Dassault products...
Sounds like Chuck Norris was actually flying that airplane. He doesn't lower the gear, he lasso's it!The Morgans have had aircraft for a long time. I remember one that had a C210 and the gear wouldn't come down. He was a climber and had rope in the cockpit. Flew around MWO burning off fuel and managed to lasso the gear and pull it forward into the locked position. After that landing was normal. Turned out improper pre-heat had damaged a hydraulic line and the fluid ran out before the pilot side main locked.
Not sure it is the same family but they owned a construction company in Middletown.
Sounds like Chuck Norris was actually flying that airplane. He doesn't lower the gear, he lasso's it!
TSA might
My argument to TSA when they took my nail clippers, "You realize I have a crash axe in the cockpit with me, right?" Blank stare! Hello..hellloTSA might
My argument to TSA when they took my nail clippers, "You realize I have a crash axe in the cockpit with me, right?" Blank stare! Hello..helllo
I think you could push side windows out easy enough using feet depending on make/model. I would think all non-pressurized aircraft.Who cares, you have an axe and a jet...
The solution is readily apparent.
I hate the idea of crashing in a low wing with one door that can easily get jammed shut if the wing is bent up on impact. Add a post-crash fire to a jammed door and survival gets dicey.
Maybe kicking the windows out isn't too hard?
Bill, are you flying a Commander? I love the looks of that airplane.
That plane was built with 1/8" thick acrylic windows held to the skin with adhesive.
They're gonna kick out.