REFLECTOR: Unexpected door opening
Al Gietzen
ALVentures at cox.net
Wed Jun 3 17:47:26 CDT 2009
One of the challenges of flying is that it is a continuing learning process.
Certainly I/we have learned the critical importance of the doors being
latched. Here is a more general reminder.
We were planning on being wheels up by 8:00 am; and making the roughly 7 ½
hr flying time to Austin that day. But the airport was socked in with
unusually heavy marine layer 400 ft ceiling. This generally breaks up
pretty early 20 miles inland at F70. We waited, and waited, looking at the
sky; no change. Finally, and rather suddenly we saw breaks in the clouds.
At 10:15 I decided we were good to go; we strapped in, and headed out. Still
some low clouds in the direction of takeoff, but I saw we could be off, make
a 180 and climb.
IF the cause was that the door latch was not fully engaged it was because I
was impatient to get going; not thorough on the pre-takeoff checklist. Hey,
I had closed and latched that door 100 times of course it was fully
latched.
Dont ever be in a hurry when you are going flying. Dont ever be in a hurry
when you are going flying.
Al G
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