More door distractions • Blancolirio's frustration.

[Garfly]

 

 

 

[facthunter]

ALL covered.  Nev

[Garfly]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

ALL covered.  Nev

 

Yeah, that's the whole point Juan Browne is making in the video. 

 

It's ALL been covered. Again and again.  In fact he quotes from Raytheon's 1990 Mandatory Service Bulletin wherein the company begs pilots NOT to try to fix an open door in flight; to just FLY THE PLANE to a safe landing. 

 

He goes out of his way to include shots of a Baron door latch mechanism and to interview a seasoned Beechcraft instructor who says he likes to startle trainees by opening the door in-flight, on purpose, so they're more likely to stay cool if it ever happens to them. That's a bit new.

 

And this latest pointless fatal that Blancolirio analyses happened but a few days ago. Thus his frustration.

 

Covered but not assimilated. 

 

The point is, the same - or something similar - can easily happen to any of us who fly.

 

Who can forget the 1972 crash of the Eastern Airlines L-1011 Tristar in Florida killing over 100?

 

Due entirely to the crew's distraction by a single blown bulb in the gear indicator.

 

 

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

Edited yesterday at 03:14 AM by Garfly

[pmccarthy]

Who hasn’t had a door pop open? It seems a big problem in the Bonanza for some reason.

[Garfly]

 

1 hour ago, pmccarthy said:

Who hasn’t had a door pop open? It seems a big problem in the Bonanza for some reason.

 

 

Yes ... and it was just a couple of months ago that Juan posted this one:

 

Another Door Distraction Disaster 9 Mar Lancaster PA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6xr2P4YOLE&t=325s

 

[ClintonB]

I had the Cessna window pop out on takeoff once, bit of a startle, but I kept on until a safe height to close it. Only closed it due to rustling of charts on leg board and noise level.

[Jabiru7252]

I failed to check the door on a PA28 and flew a nav with it ajar. Apart from noise it was no drama. A friend flew a jabiru and the passenger door popped open so he landed in a paddock. He was scared it would blow off and take out the horizontal stabilizer.