Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #46324
From: Alain Ouellet <aouellet@icecanada.com>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Lessons learned
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:56:13 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Ed,
 
Good analysis.
 
Alain
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Al Gietzen
Sent: June 3, 2009 6:41 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Lessons learned

Ed set the example by pointing out contributing factors in his ‘incident’, and for the sake off completeness I should do likewise.

 

We were planning on being wheels up by 8:00 am; and making the roughly 7 ½ hr flying time to Austin that day.  But the airport was socked in with unusually heavy marine layer – 400 ft ceiling.  This generally breaks up pretty early 20 miles inland at F70.  We waited, and waited, looking at the sky; no change. Finally, and rather suddenly we saw breaks in the clouds.  At 10:15 I decided we were good to go; we strapped in, and headed out. Still some low clouds in the direction of takeoff, but I saw we could be off, make a 180 and climb. 

 

IF the cause was that the door latch was not fully engaged it was because I was impatient to get going; not thorough on the pre-takeoff checklist.  Hey, I had closed and latched that door 100 times – of course it was fully latched.

 

Don’t ever be in a hurry when you are going flying. Don’t ever be in a hurry when you are going flying.

 

Al G

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