162 Skycatcher crashes

"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:8a70a94ecb314@uwe:

Kingfish wrote:
Luckily the pilot was able to bail out before it spun in. Just read
this on AvWeb.

Since it was introduced, I've always wondered why they put the doors
of the
162 on backwards. They open at the front. It always seemed to me
that if the door became unlatched in flight (not unusual), that it
would then be ripped off by the airstream. I guess now I see the
value in it. If you need to bail out, it works almost like the
quick-release latches on aerobatic aircraft. Pop the door handle and
the door flies away.


As long as it isn't the cause of you having to get out!



Bertie