No Shoulder Straps?

There was also an accident a couple of years ago in Montana where the rear passenger was killed after his shoulder straps broke. I immediately replaced mine after that, even tho they looked pretty good.

On Monday, October 13, 2014 7:06:06 AM UTC-6, Waveguru wrote:
There was also an accident a couple of years ago in Montana where the rear passenger was killed after his shoulder straps broke. I immediately replaced mine after that, even tho they looked pretty good.

Both front and rear shoulder straps failed in that accident.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/Ge...11LA317&rpt=fa

On Monday, October 13, 2014 8:49:35 AM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Monday, October 13, 2014 7:06:06 AM UTC-6, Waveguru wrote:

There was also an accident a couple of years ago in Montana where the rear passenger was killed after his shoulder straps broke. I immediately replaced mine after that, even tho they looked pretty good.



Both front and rear shoulder straps failed in that accident.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/Ge...11LA317&rpt=fa

...and also reinforces my suspicion that there are more crashes with simulated rope breaks than with accidental ones.

Mike

Oh, oh, Let's not drift away from the topic.

I was really hoping that all the operators that fly without shoulder harnesses would jump in here and talk to us about their reasoning? I know there are a lot of passengers given rides in 2-32s that don't wear shoulder restraints...
I guess I'm flogging a dead horse? Move on... There's nothing to see here.

I've never known a DPE to thoroughly brief a rope break maneuver on a check ride.
The shoulder harnesses failed after bending their attachment points?

BillT