A guy I know took somebody for a ride in his biplane, an older fellow who arrived for his ride with a son. The passenger jumped, and the story was that he had terminal cancer. It was never determined whether his son knew beforehand.
Of course it was for real. The question is why.
Looks like it was for real. Link here.
Indeed. I am not saying it can’t be done. Just that unless the latch was faulty, it couldn’t happen as an accident.
The top of the clamshell has a handle and a safely latch that must be pulled to turn the handle. The bottom has a separate handle. In my opinion no possible way you could open it accidentally.
Is it just one handle that is needed to open the door, or is there a 2nd latch system like in PA28’s and so on?
Nevertheless, unless it was a relatively slow speed, it would take one hell of a force, and a squeeze to get that door open and jump out – pushed or not.
I’m always a bit nervous when I have a child seated in the middle row behind P2 – that big red emergency door handle must be quite tempting to a five year old bored by a longish flight.
fell out or thrown out?
very unlikely to happen …
