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