Long ago, at Albuquerque, a Queen Air had the front cargo door open at
takeoff. A box of Instruments fell out,
knocking off the tip of a left propeller blade with the plane just in the
air. Pilot feathered the left
engine, turned left to go around, went into an inverted spin, and all died.
On Tue, 23 May 2006 21:21:27 -0600, Jim Macklin
wrote:

That's what I said, an open door will blank the tail and the
tail is needed for directional and pitch stability and
control.


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| On a single-engine, a door opening is not serious, but a
| twin with a door open and the engine on the opposite
side
| might get interesting. The open door would probably
raise
| Vmca because of the air flow disruption on the side
where
| maximum rudder effectiveness would be required.
|
|
| Depends on the aircraft and the door. I believe there
| is a crash report of a nose baggage door on a twin opening
| and making the plane uncontrollable.





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