Shock! Horror! Door pops open!

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Mike wrote:

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Article quote:

"What goes through your head is... are you going to live or die," Ms
Clark said, two hours after the ordeal.=20

--=20
Peter

Yep. Defied death again!

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Yep. Defied death again!

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Here's my bet... The door came unlatched. the 2 cops sitting in the back
seat freaked and pushed someone into the yokes while they were trying to
close the door.

"Peter R." wrote:

Mike wrote:

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Praise for the two policemen who tried to hold the door shut, but not a
mention of the pilot getting them all back on the ground safely. Nice.

The door on my Cherokee popped open once shortly after take-off with my wife
and kids aboard. I think the pilot isolation switch on my intercom saved us
all.


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If the door of an Aztec pops open, it will only open about 4-6 inches and
will kind of oscillate back and forth between those extremes. Causes some
tail feather buffeting. Anyone trying to pull the door shut is fighting air
pressure and wasting his or her time.

Bob Gardner

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I cover door opening as part of my standard pre-flight
briefing for new passengers. Perhaps this would have
prevented the unnecessary panic which occurred here.

Mike Granby wrote:
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And the headline from the Daily Mail link on that site is "New Zealand PM cheats
death in air drama - 4 hrs ago" -- all because the door on an Aztec popped open
in flight? Give me a break!

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

I am in agreement with George here. What's the big piece of news?

It's an upressurized plane. Granted it's a bad surprise when your maps and
loose pieces of paper get sucked out of the now open door ... but how can
anyone get hurt if they are strapped to their seats?

My door popped open twice in the year and something i have been owning my
piper cherokee and it was a "Oh great ... now I gotta land" moment ...
hardly worthy of notice. The plane was flying fine and the door was
oscillating a bit at 110 knots but nothing happened to the plane other than
the noise and increased wind. It was just annoying ..

If your door pops open you land, you close it, you take off again ...

I really don't get it. What's the biggie?

I don't want to seem to be insensitive to it or something but honestly this
sounds to me like another very minor news piece over-dramatazied by
attentioned-starved media.

Just my 2c

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My on-line aviation community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com

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Mike Granby wrote:
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And the headline from the Daily Mail link on that site is "New Zealand PM
cheats
death in air drama - 4 hrs ago" -- all because the door on an Aztec popped
open
in flight? Give me a break!

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.