On Friday, April 11, 2014 6:37:42 AM UTC-6, JJ Sinclair wrote:
On Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:59:42 PM UTC-7, Ralph Jones wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:04:59 -0600, "Dan Marotta"



wrote:







Not GA, but I recall an Air Force accident report where shards of the stick



grip in the palm of the back seat passenger's hand indicated that he was on



the stick at impact. I think it was an academy cadet in a T-33 and the



instructor in the front had a heart attack.











http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593







rj



A 2-32 crashed at Calistoga, years ago when the rear passenger 'adjusted' his seating position and unknowingly shoved on one rudder pedal. They were coming over the west ridge line when suddenly the ship was in the trees. Like most ride 2-32's, the rear stick had been removed. Probably a good idea to remove the rudder pedals also.

JJ

1982. Rick told me during my BFR in 1984 that it was believed the passenger's hiking boot jammed between the pedal and the hull after pushing on the pedal. Surprisingly sparse NTSB report considering this was an injury/fatal accident.

Frank Whiteley