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04-04-2008, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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RV-10 DOOR Separation need to know!
FYI---In flight accident see pictures at www.RV10-416EC.com |
04-04-2008, 08:55 PM
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WOW
Amazing amount of damage------ 
Luckily the plane landed safely, if a bit hard.
I could not find any information relating to why the door opened, does anyone have this???? Not properly latched at take off?
Did the plane have the magnetic switch indicator lights installed?? If so, were they checked and found to be showing latched prior to flight???
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04-04-2008, 09:09 PM
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door purportly closed! GREEN LIGHT ON, fludder a few seconds--then gone
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04-04-2008, 09:17 PM
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Welcome!!!
By the way-----just noticed this is your first time here at VAF, at least as a posting member.
Welcome to the site, may the force be with you
Is this your plane?? Do you have any other info, such as how many hours etc??,
any prior issues with the door??
Thanks,
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Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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04-04-2008, 09:20 PM
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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04-04-2008, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Minneapolis
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Great pics - thanks for posting them and welcome to VAF.
Could you elaborate on what cause the cowl damage, the crack ahead of the windshield, the wrinkled fuselage skins, twisted tail, pilot door "dings", etc..? Any pics of the gear attach points/gear towers or down the spars?
Just curious about all the extraneous damage in addtion to the obvious door failure. Having seen/worked on the first RV-10 to lose a door I'm naturally curious.
Cheers,
Stein
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04-04-2008, 11:55 PM
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Stein, seems that the door hit the tail as it departed in flight. This would cause the damage shown.
Hard landing -----4+g I think it was-----could cause the de-lamination in front of the WS.
As you often say, my $.02 
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
Last edited by Mike S : 04-04-2008 at 11:57 PM.
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04-05-2008, 12:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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Wow!!
Were the door latches like that before that flight? Those blocks look really beat up, even on the pilot's side. The pins are supposed to have enough travel to make it into the fiberglass as I recall, not just held by the teflon? block.
The doors are suprisingly heavy. I'm guessing it hitting the tail caused the fuse to buckle.
I'm curious what caused the big dent directly under the VS, just to the left of the crack in the skin.
Thanks for sharing and congrats for getting it (and more importantly yourself), back on the ground.
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04-05-2008, 03:05 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shockwave
I'm curious what caused the big dent directly under the VS, just to the left of the crack in the skin.
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The dent is from the force on the oposite side when the seperated door hit the right HS.
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Last edited by Geico266 : 04-05-2008 at 03:10 AM.
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04-05-2008, 03:14 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Glad you are okay Will.
Any idea what caused the door to seperate? The NTSB report says the door started to flutter and you grabbed the handle. Did the pin break in flight? Was the door closed properly? If it wasn't closed you would get a red light, but they are easily missed in bright sunlight. I have been told the door will come off on takeoff if it is not properly latched.
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Last edited by Geico266 : 04-05-2008 at 04:30 AM.
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