Where was the fuselage chunck removed from? Was it at one of the lock pin
sockets?
Dean Seitz
---- "Max Cointe (Free)" <mcointe@free.fr> wrote:
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> If the door was correctly fitted to open freely and the strut positioned in
> such a way that there was not effort on the hinge when fully open, then
> there is no reason (not enough efforts) that this hinge breaks in flight
> when the door is closed. So it broke when the door opened then departed.
> I did fly with a crack on one hinge for month before I replaced it... and
> it's the other door who departed because of the rear pin not correctly
> engaged!
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> Max Cointe
> mcointe@free.fr
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> -----Original Message-----
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> thanks for all your comments here is a pic of the front hinge ,its very thin
> but i am no expert ,i wonder if this did fail would the door coming off not
> damage the holes that the lock bars go into as the door ripped away as it
> took one hell of a chunk from the fuselage
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