NTSB: Plane door opened before Wisconsin crash
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal aviation officials say a cabin door opened on a single-engine airplane owned by the University of Dubuque before it crashed in Cassville, Wis.
Aviation students Grant Vogt, of Dubuque, and Cory Alsip, of Glendale Heights, Ill., were injured in the crash on Sept. 3, 2008. Vogt died six days later.
They were flying from Dubuque to Prairie Du Chien, Wis., when they diverted to Cassville and crashed at Eagle's Roost Resort.
In a report released last week, the National Transportation Safety Board says the left seat pilot reported the right cabin door opened in flight. The right seat pilot tried to hold the door closed as the flight diverted to Cassville, but it opened again and the plane crashed.
Nov 17, 2009 at 12:57 p.m.
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It's pretty hard to believe that Socata has never flown one with a door open or removed. That would seem like a pretty plausible situation that they would want to check out and have manufacturers suggested flight procedures for. There's a whole lot of aircraft that fly just fine with the doors off/open.
Nov 17, 2009 at 11:01 a.m.
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NTSB report
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=C...
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