Baggage can also exit the nose and go through the prop.
Beech added a second internal safety latch so the door only
open about an inch. The nose baggage door is streamlined
and does not cause too much air flow disruption.

The 206 forward door should be closed and locked on top of
the rear door of the pair and should not shield the aft
door. But I have seen this after the fact and suspect that
the pilot was trying to open the doors to drop something.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"karl gruber" wrote in message
...
| The real problem with a twin is if the forward baggage
door opens, breaks
| off due to air loads, and goes through the prop.
|
| There have been several accidents due to this and all the
ones I remember
| were fatal. There was also an R-22 helicopter here in the
NW that just had
| the window come off the door a couple of years ago. That
window went through
| the tail rotor and caused a fatal crash. (This particular
window was an
| unapproved modification)
|
| Many Cessna 206 and 207 aircraft have had their rear cargo
door open in
| flight. This is a suicide door and hinges the door to the
rear. In this case
| the door slams back against the fuselage and causes
extensive damage, but
| the airplane is controllable.
|
| Best,
| Karl
| ATP,CFI,ETC
| "Curator" N185KG
|
|
| "bob" wrote in message
| . ..
| How serious is it on small twin engines with only one
door? Or with 2
| doors, for that matter?
|
| A friend of mine tells me that he once had a twin engine
Piper crash to
| investigate due to ditching. It was later learned upon
the conclusion of
| the investigation that a passenger in the back seat was
trying to switch
| places with someone in the front and the door
inadvertently popped open.
| At that point the investigator determined, from his own
similar
| experience, that the plane sunk like a rock due to
critical disruption of
| the airflow to that could not be corrected in flight.
| --The door could not be closed again!---
|
| As for my friend with his similar experience, his
friend's hand was all
| bloody from trying to hold it closed as much as he
could. Fortunately,
| they made a safe emergency landing at an island the just
happened to be
| nearby.
|
| I've only flow small single engines and had NO IDEA how
serious this
| could be. They don't teach you that in flight school.
Or is it because
| single engines with only one door do not react the same
as the twins.
|
| Tell me the straight skinny so I know next time I go
flying.
|
| Thanks
|
|
|