We had here in Finland about one year
ago a similar accident and it was fatal.
After that and many other similar stories I
decided to do something and added four
Honeywell micro switches - one for each
shooting bolt. All of them must be engaged
to get green lights, they are serial connected.
Also I decided to use pip-pins to secure doors
against unintentionally opening during flight.
There is also a label "remove pip pin before
landing" - that is for possible emergency exit.
Check an attachment.
Raimo
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Raimo M W Toivio
OH-XRT Europa XS Mono #417
OH-CVK C172 Skyhawk
OH-BLL Beechcraft C45 w radial engines (grounded)
37500 Lempaala
Finland
tel + 358 3 3753 777
fax + 358 3 3753 100
gsm + 358 40 590 1450
raimo.toivio@rwm.fi
www.rwm.fi
----- Original Message -----
From: jimpuglise@comcast.net
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: canopy open
We had an unlatched canopy incident here at Punta Gorda last weekend.
I Long Eze went in about a half mile from the departure end of the
runway. The pilot is 72 and has been flying the airplane for 25 years.
He tried to hold the canopy down and fly the airplane at the same time
and it did not work very well. The airplane was pretty much destroyed
but he got out with some bruises and a few broken bones. I think he is
out of the hospital by now. The point for all of us is:
CHECKLIST -- CHECKLIST -- CHECKLIST
Jim Puglise A-283, Punta Gorda, FL
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
>
> Chuck
> glad you had enough wits to FLY THE PLANE. :-)
> We can all learn from other peoples mishaps, thanks for telling
us.
> When my engine boiled on take off, then a hose burst, then the
engine
> swallowed glycol but unfortunately didn't stop, then? I've no idea
but
> the trim was badly nose high, (I checked the wreck a few weeks
later,
> we had a stick top trim button and I guess I nudged it
accidentally) so
> I must have been pushing hard, glycol on windscreen, not enough
power
> with trees and barn to avoid, I can only assume My gyro toppled.
> Then the power came back suddenly and I gu ess th e extra torque
tripped
> the left wing, (inside of turn) and in we went from 100 feet or
so. At
> least it didn't hurt, till later.
> I have no memory of the accident but it tool me 6 weeks to get out
of
> hospital, fortunately most of what they screwed back on works.
They were
> good those guys but I was lucky. They were doing a trial at the
hospital
> that day, put as many surgeons as necessary on the case at once, I
think
> they said 7 guys worked on me at once. IT WORKED but I don't think
it
> worked for the bean counters.
> I really should go back to the hospital and chase them up on their
> conclusions to that successful experiment.
> One very successful British NHS story. I do find it difficult to
respect
> beancounters. Our western education system still hasn't learnt
what the
> real values are. Maybe we should blame the bean counters for
global
> warming ;-)
> Gra ham
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