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

Fellow fliers,

Just to let you know, Here at 39P/Strom field in Morton, WA, we had an incident
this last year of :
--a new homebuilt airplane was passing near the city of Morton.
--the canopy blew off (not just open)
--the pilot lost a lot of blood from several cuts.
(both the pilot and the cockpit were showing lots of blood)
--the pilot landed safely. (hurrah for the pilot)
--his chase crew took him to the local hospital to be checked over and stitched
up.
(they were at the airport faster than he was)
--his chase crew found the remains of the canopy in somebody's yard in Morton.
--after some time to 'get his bearings', the pilot flew the plane back to the
home field (sans canopy).

Commentary.
I'm really glad the pilot had the sense/endurance/experience to pilot the plane
to a safe landing, especially after such a traumatic event.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:25:47 -0400
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
------- End of Original Message -------

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