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Subject: Fw: Europa-List: canopy open
From: Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:14:32
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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