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Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.co
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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:34 am Post subject: NTSB checking Door Pins |
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On Saturday afternoon I was at the plane getting things set up to leave. Three guys from the NTSB came up and asked if they could measure my door pins.
Jeff Guzzetti (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov)) said they have had a number of contacts from RV-10 owners, and explained that they are doing a field study to see how far the pins extend. They measured the pins both extended and retracted, and photographed the guide blocks. I have all the stock system, and some of my blocks are cracking at the outboard tangent of the pin hole. I gotta fix that.
They wrote everything down and promised to share the findings with me. I tried to peek at the other measurements from other planes but no joy.
I have never heard of the NTSB doing anything like that, so I asked Ken Krueger a few minutes later what was up and he confirmed that they measured Van's 10 as well. I don't know how many others were inspected.
I think the NTSB's attention is a good thing, but I could swear I felt a new draft of air from the leading edge of the door all the way home...
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
N921AC, 202 hours
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pascal(at)rv10builder.net
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:59 am Post subject: NTSB checking Door Pins |
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so the question is.. why are they doing this? NTSB wouldn't do it unless they are looking for a consistent issue that could result in an accident or has resulted in an accident they are reviewing.
Pascal
From: Dave Saylor (Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.com)
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:26 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com (rv10-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: NTSB checking Door Pins
On Saturday afternoon I was at the plane getting things set up to leave. Three guys from the NTSB came up and asked if they could measure my door pins.
Jeff Guzzetti (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov)) said they have had a number of contacts from RV-10 owners, and explained that they are doing a field study to see how far the pins extend. They measured the pins both extended and retracted, and photographed the guide blocks. I have all the stock system, and some of my blocks are cracking at the outboard tangent of the pin hole. I gotta fix that.
They wrote everything down and promised to share the findings with me. I tried to peek at the other measurements from other planes but no joy.
I have never heard of the NTSB doing anything like that, so I asked Ken Krueger a few minutes later what was up and he confirmed that they measured Van's 10 as well. I don't know how many others were inspected.
I think the NTSB's attention is a good thing, but I could swear I felt a new draft of air from the leading edge of the door all the way home...
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
N921AC, 202 hours
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dlm46007(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: NTSB checking Door Pins |
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This may involve their investigation of 415EC?
From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of pascal
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:57 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: NTSB checking Door Pins
so the question is.. why are they doing this? NTSB wouldn't do it unless they are looking for a consistent issue that could result in an accident or has resulted in an accident they are reviewing.
Pascal
From: Dave Saylor (Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.com)
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:26 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com (rv10-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: NTSB checking Door Pins
On Saturday afternoon I was at the plane getting things set up to leave. Three guys from the NTSB came up and asked if they could measure my door pins.
Jeff Guzzetti (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov (guzzetj(at)ntsb.gov)) said they have had a number of contacts from RV-10 owners, and explained that they are doing a field study to see how far the pins extend. They measured the pins both extended and retracted, and photographed the guide blocks. I have all the stock system, and some of my blocks are cracking at the outboard tangent of the pin hole. I gotta fix that.
They wrote everything down and promised to share the findings with me. I tried to peek at the other measurements from other planes but no joy.
I have never heard of the NTSB doing anything like that, so I asked Ken Krueger a few minutes later what was up and he confirmed that they measured Van's 10 as well. I don't know how many others were inspected.
I think the NTSB's attention is a good thing, but I could swear I felt a new draft of air from the leading edge of the door all the way home...
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
N921AC, 202 hours
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