Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Sport Cruiser became entangled in trolley wire over San Diego on Wednesday

Agreed.  Depending upon the design of the canopy though, this sort of thing can be REALLY distracting.  Our Sky Arrows have side hinged canopies and we've had them come unlatched 3 times in flight and every time they have flown open violently while the plane was on final approach.  In all cases, the pilot's hat and headset were blown off.  In all cases the pilot flew the plane and safely landed but it certainly got his attention!

Helen

On 6/11/2010 1:30 PM, Lyle Cox wrote:

Another reason to re-visit the admonishment your instructor DRILLED into your mind.

 

AVIATE, NAVIGATE, COMMUNICATE

 

Don’t forget to keep flying the airplane when trying to deal with an inflight incident, such as a door opening or a canopy not closed.  Since the canopy on a Sport Cruiser is forward hinged, there should be no problem with continuing safe flight and making a routine landing, close the latch and go fly some more.

 

I will attest, however, that a door popping loose is quite a distraction as I’m sure a loose canopy would be too.

 

 

 

From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:48 AM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Sport Cruiser became entangled in trolley wire over San Diego on Wednesday

 

 

The single-engine Sport Cruiser was circling back to Gillespie Field for an emergency landing after the pilot noticed a problem with the plane's canopy.

http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-small-plane-crashes-near-gillespie-field,0,7644040.story

Regards,
Chris

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