Rolling a Non Aerobat 150

C J Campbell wrote:
> On 2007-03-23 08:33:20 -0700, "karl gruber" <removeskywagon@>
> said:
>
>> I have an acquaintance that kicked his way out the windshield of a
>> Citabria,
>> after the wings folded up against the fuselage.
>>
>> Karl
>> "Curator" N185KG
>
> Amazing what you can do with the proper motivation.

I think the important statistic would be to look at the fatal accidents
where the pilot was wearing a parachute, and see how many are unstrapped
and trying to get out when they hit the ground.
In the searches I have done, I don't remember ever seeing this (although
I was focusing on Pitts accidents.


Mike

On 26 Mar, 19:03, pittss1c <pitts...@hotmal.com> wrote:
> C J Campbell wrote:
> > On 2007-03-23 08:33:20 -0700, "karl gruber" <removeskywa...@>
> > said:
>
> >> I have an acquaintance that kicked his way out the windshield of a
> >> Citabria,
> >> after the wings folded up against the fuselage.
>
> >> Karl
> >> "Curator" N185KG
>
> > Amazing what you can do with the proper motivation.
>
> I think the important statistic would be to look at the fatal accidents
> where the pilot was wearing a parachute, and see how many are unstrapped
> and trying to get out when they hit the ground.
> In the searches I have done, I don't remember ever seeing this (although
> I was focusing on Pitts accidents.
>

I know of one, at least. Wing folded over the canopy. We think he
tried to roll it to get the wing untangled, but who knows? First
friend I lost to aerobatics. I also met a guy who only managed to get
out of his Decathlon at the last possible second when his elevators
got stuck full down.. He had got tangled in the structure for a
loooong time before he was sudenly ejectedat a few hundred feet just
before the thing hit the ground. The chute opend and he only broke his
legs. Was out competing in just a few months though!

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" <The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com> wrote:

>
> Some where the occupants got out but not in time - there was no indicaton
> if they took too long to start to get out or had too much trouble getting
> out (These were Pitts in spins iirc) . In one, the student made it out,
> but the instructor was still belted in (Citabria)

When I was in college I read a number of articles where pilots who bailed
out said they did hesitate a bit because jumping was so new to them...they
had never done it.

I knew that someday I'd be doing aerobatics so I went to a jump school and
took skydiving lessons. Back then (1976) you started out with static line
jumps. I did a few of those and worked up to 15 second free falls. I was
totally comfy with jumping and that was enough for me.

Now that I'm actually taking aerobatic lessons, I'm glad I did it. If I had
to get out, and could get out, I don't believe I'd think twice.