My seatback collapsed on me in flight once on an old Cherekee Warrior. Made sure the airplane was in trim, and the airspace was clear. Tried resetting the seat, but failed. Next I identified an airport nearby, flew to it communicated my intent on UNICOMM landed. after shutting down, I fixed the seat, took a break to be ready to fly again. Then took off again. Got to log another landing and takeoff at a different aif field that day. Happy memories.
As a commercial pilot with both a bachelors in aviation and over 5000 skydives I can guarantee there is no "loud bang", no headsets are getting knocked off, nothing is getting sucked out, and it's not impossible to close the door in this over dramatized scenario.
As a commercial pilot who had this exact scenario happen in a Piper Seneca, I can confirm that it is not possible to close the door. Papers do in fact fly around. We even tried a side slip to change the airflow over the open door and we couldn’t close it. We rejoined the pattern and landed carrying a lot of extra speed because every time we slowed to approach the aircraft felt mushy as in close to stalling
@@bruanne6367 I don't doubt your experience, however I had a different experience in a Piper Seneca with the same issue. And when I was a jump pilot it was pretty trivial to kick some rudder after the jumpers got out to bring the door back down and shut it with a pretty similar mechanism to the pipers I've flown. At the risk of exciting every pilot's favorite past times of arguing over minutia and regs my point was that someone got a bit to excited about the dramatization of the post.
The 152s we trained in never had proper doors, they loved giving you a good scare every 10 hrs or so. Lucky for us, we were able to pull them back shut.
It is possible on some aircraft to close the door by opening the small window on the pilots side to equalize pressure and then pulling/slamming hard on the open door. It worked for me on a Piper warrior and many years later on a Beech Debonair.
Not an emergency. Pull yellow checklist if there is one for that aircraft. If not. Reduce manifold pressure (constant speed prop) or rpm if fixed pitch prop, and reduce airspeed, then simply fly to nearest aerodrome and land
This happened to me in a Baron in early 2023 while I was in the right seat. We were descending through 5000 ft to our destination, there was a bang, my headset fell off and same with the passenger behind me. Loose items (including my iPad mini) were sucked out the 4-in gap. The pilot slowed us down, we tried but were unable to close the door, and we landed without incident. BTW, thanks to “Find my device,” the iPad was found undamaged and I still use it to this day.
Yes it is just open that little window on the left. And then use all the muscles never worked out with. Too close the door and then you can close the window on the left😂
The thing that keeps you from closing it is the airflow over the outside of the aircraft. It basically turns the door into a wing, causes a low pressure outside the door and sucks it outwards, that’s what you’re fighting against trying to close it. It was a piper Seneca I was flying when it happened to me and my passenger was a big burly body builder type friend of mine. He was unable to close it. We slowed as much as possible and I tried side slipping in both directions to change the airflow, nothing worked. We returned to the field closed the door on the roll out and balls to the walls again didn’t even come to a stop.
My seatback collapsed on me in flight once on an old Cherekee Warrior. Made sure the airplane was in trim, and the airspace was clear. Tried resetting the seat, but failed. Next I identified an airport nearby, flew to it communicated my intent on UNICOMM landed. after shutting down, I fixed the seat, took a break to be ready to fly again. Then took off again. Got to log another landing and takeoff at a different aif field that day. Happy memories.
As a commercial pilot with both a bachelors in aviation and over 5000 skydives I can guarantee there is no "loud bang", no headsets are getting knocked off, nothing is getting sucked out, and it's not impossible to close the door in this over dramatized scenario.
Agreed.
It is possible to close door. Just slow down to above stall speed and shut the door. Done it many times.
@@michaelbullen7783 I agree it's best not to do it while in a stall. But I've never needed to slow down.
As a commercial pilot who had this exact scenario happen in a Piper Seneca, I can confirm that it is not possible to close the door. Papers do in fact fly around. We even tried a side slip to change the airflow over the open door and we couldn’t close it. We rejoined the pattern and landed carrying a lot of extra speed because every time we slowed to approach the aircraft felt mushy as in close to stalling
@@bruanne6367 I don't doubt your experience, however I had a different experience in a Piper Seneca with the same issue. And when I was a jump pilot it was pretty trivial to kick some rudder after the jumpers got out to bring the door back down and shut it with a pretty similar mechanism to the pipers I've flown.
At the risk of exciting every pilot's favorite past times of arguing over minutia and regs my point was that someone got a bit to excited about the dramatization of the post.
The 152s we trained in never had proper doors, they loved giving you a good scare every 10 hrs or so. Lucky for us, we were able to pull them back shut.
Bonanza orientation complete. Purposeful video, considering the number of accidents caused by this!
Pipers also .
A pilot put valve on door bladder/ gasket
It is possible on some aircraft to close the door by opening the small window on the pilots side to equalize pressure and then pulling/slamming hard on the open door. It worked for me on a Piper warrior and many years later on a Beech Debonair.
Getting in slow flight helps a lot 😅
Not an emergency. Pull yellow checklist if there is one for that aircraft. If not. Reduce manifold pressure (constant speed prop) or rpm if fixed pitch prop, and reduce airspeed, then simply fly to nearest aerodrome and land
This happened to me in a Baron in early 2023 while I was in the right seat. We were descending through 5000 ft to our destination, there was a bang, my headset fell off and same with the passenger behind me. Loose items (including my iPad mini) were sucked out the 4-in gap. The pilot slowed us down, we tried but were unable to close the door, and we landed without incident. BTW, thanks to “Find my device,” the iPad was found undamaged and I still use it to this day.
undamaged from 5k feet? 🤥
My seat slid all the way back at about 500ft climing out in a Seminole.
Thank God the elevator trim is between the seats.
You think, if the doors open towards the front of the aircraft, tilting the aircraft down slightly, would shut the door or at least assist with it.
I'm betting you can re-close the door unless something is broken
I did that inflight .
I think all Bonanza pilots have done it, at least once. No big deal, good video reminder for all.
Well it can be an emergency if ur at higher altitude
I had this happen and it bent the hinges. Not cool
Yes it is just open that little window on the left. And then use all the muscles never worked out with. Too close the door and then you can close the window on the left😂
And getting in slow flight is the way
And doing a little slip in the proper direction
Normal day in a Cherokee
Just use gravity to make it close.
The thing that keeps you from closing it is the airflow over the outside of the aircraft. It basically turns the door into a wing, causes a low pressure outside the door and sucks it outwards, that’s what you’re fighting against trying to close it. It was a piper Seneca I was flying when it happened to me and my passenger was a big burly body builder type friend of mine. He was unable to close it. We slowed as much as possible and I tried side slipping in both directions to change the airflow, nothing worked. We returned to the field closed the door on the roll out and balls to the walls again didn’t even come to a stop.
Boeing builds thesevplanes too?
82ND AIRBORNE
We open doors in flight all the time... what's the big deal?? Heh...
I think he just needed to pee
Someone forgot to lock the door after closing it 🥴
That's what killed Al Holbert.
Typical Cessna 150 flight.
Scream and shout.....Officers and flight crew first....emergency be damn