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From: vtailjeff@aol.com
Subject: Re: [LML] Baggage door potential disaster

Joe B. related a similar story where the door opened and his canopy cover (n=
ot in the bag) came out and wrapped around the horizontal causing a severe p=
itch up and almost loss of the aircraft.


Sent from my iPad

On Oct 10, 2013, at 6:38 AM, David Weinsweig <weinsweigd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Early on in the flying of my Propjet, I headed home from Airventure after f=
illing the baggage compartment with toys for the kids and a folding chair wh=
ich was the last item I put in before closing the baggage door.  We equipped=
 the baggage door with the remote push button mod. The button was installed a=
s Brad suggested-hidden by the cabin door when closed and locked.  At altitu=
de half way through the flight home, ATC asked me to turn left.  It was a ni=
ce VFR day and I was hand flying so I made a steep left turn. Suddenly, whil=
e in the bank, I heard a loud bang which caught my attention and significant=
ly elevated my heart rate. After verifying cabin pressurization was good, al=
l instruments were showing normal, and the plane flew properly, my first tho=
ught was that a gear door had blown open for some reason. The plane was flyi=
ng fine though there was a slight sound of "wind" that persisted the rest of=
 the flight.=20
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> After landing, I looked all around and under the plane.  Everything looked=
 fine until I noticed that I did not need to open the baggage door to get th=
e toys out as there was no baggage door!!  Amazingly, the only thing that bl=
ew out of the baggage compartment was the chair. All of the toys remained!
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> I believe that when I made the steep bank the chair pushed against the doo=
r or perhaps the latch system causing the baggage door to open.  I was very f=
ortunate that there was no damage to the plane.  We made a new baggage door i=
nstalling the standard barrel locks which I believe are much more secure tha=
n the aftermarket push button system.=20
>=20
> I agree with Peter.  Although sleek and cool, the remote push button bagga=
ge door system is NOT reliable and is NOT safe IMHO.  Judging from the docum=
ented multiple failures of this system, I believe it should be avoided.
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> David Weinsweig
> Propjet N750DW 315 hrs
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> Sent from my iPad
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