X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:58:13 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPS id 5403244 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:50:53 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.215.52; envelope-from=billhogarty@gmail.com Received: by lagy4 with SMTP id y4so2167072lag.25 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:16 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Return-Path: Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of billhogarty@gmail.com designates 10.152.122.74 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.152.122.74; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of billhogarty@gmail.com designates 10.152.122.74 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=billhogarty@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=billhogarty@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.152.122.74]) by 10.152.122.74 with SMTP id lq10mr9320856lab.7.1329533416050 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:16 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.122.74 with SMTP id lq10mr7738680lab.7.1329533415999; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.44.99 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:15 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] pinhole blowout of door seal 4P From: "William A. Hogarty" X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043c0688fa48f904b9341e1d --f46d043c0688fa48f904b9341e1d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bill: There is an article in the archives on this topic. If you cant locate it, let me know and I will check my notes. Good Luck, Bill Hogarty On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:07 AM, wrote: > Yesterday over SE Colorado, staying down at 10-12k ft, I was staying low > for wind, but planned a climb for terrain after AKO, enroute to COE. My > pneumatic door seal blew out, and the cabin depressurized in about 3 > seconds, just as if you had hit the switch to dump the door seal. > I will guess that the pros put dual seals in to prevent this. It might > have been a serious issue after a climb into the flight levels for several > reasons. Usual suspects are:, hypoxia, ear pop induced Coriolis effect, > spatial disorientation, very cold breeze, etc. > Anybody ever look at redundancy here. Maybe a dual seal? > R/ Bill Miller > PS If there's interest I will tell about attempts to patch the pinhole on > the inboard wall of the seal, while limping to destination. Any guidance > there? > --f46d043c0688fa48f904b9341e1d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Bill:
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There is an article in the archives on t= his topic.=A0 If you cant locate it, let me know and I will check my notes.=
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Good Luck,=A0 Bill Hogarty

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:07 AM, <cwfmd@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yesterday over SE Colorado, staying down at 10-12k ft, I was staying l= ow for wind, but planned a climb for terrain after AKO, enroute to COE. My = pneumatic door seal blew out, and the cabin depressurized in about 3 second= s, just as if you had hit the switch to dump the door seal.=A0
=A0I will guess that the pros put dual seals in to prevent this. It might h= ave been a serious issue after a climb =A0into the flight levels for severa= l reasons. Usual suspects are:, hypoxia, ear pop induced Coriolis effect, s= patial disorientation, very cold breeze, etc.=A0
=A0Anybody ever look at redundancy here. Maybe a dual seal?
= R/ Bill Miller
PS If there's interest I will tell about attem= pts to patch the pinhole on the inboard wall of the seal, while limping to = destination. Any guidance there?

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