That was my point exactly. Given an emergency landing where one may
expect the door to be jammed if locked wouldn’t it be part of the
emergency checklist to deflate the door air seal and unlatch the door before
touchdown. This should eliminate the possibility
of not being able to open it and get out because of it being jammed, tweaked,
etc.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List
[mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Skip
Slater
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
11:00 PM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Re: Lancair IV-PT
Crash & Exiting
I had my door come
unlatched after takeoff a couple of times during the first year I was flying
(operator error due to not going fully over center with the handle). The
hooks on the latches catch on the rollers and the door will not open. I
tried as hard as I could to pull the door back in enough to re-latch it and I
couldn't do it, which really makes me wonder if it's even possible to open the
door inflight. In each case, I had to land to get the door closed
again.
See you at the
fly-in. Kris Storkersen and I are flying up together Saturday morning in
either his Legacy or my ES.