(PaulaJay1) wrote in message ...


I had a cell phone but I still think I would have forced the door if the other
people had not been there. Kind of an unsettleing feeling when you are locked
in, it's dark and 32 deg outside.

Something similar happened to me in my Cherokee 180, except that I
was trapped on a deserted ramp on a hot afternoon in the desert. In
my case, the door handle stripped and came off in my passenger's hand.
I was able to get out by using a screwdriver blade to push the
baggage door latch (on the door) out of the slot (on the airframe).
It was visible from the inside of the baggage compartment. On my
bird, the baggage door latch is simply turned into the slot by the
key. Is your Archer different?

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)