I am the John Shaffer you refer to. My homemade latching mechanism
vibrated to an unlocked position in a very mild turbulence. Nothing
even on the G meter. I had just read about a Navion canopy blowing off
in flight , and the 3 souls spun to their death. If you ever have one
come open in
Thank mark. When I got CofA for my KR2, the Authorities asked me to add two more canopy locksIt then had 4 over centre latches, two per side, two rear of the longeron and two mid longeron My new KR2SS has the sameVery sadPhilSent from my iPhoneOn 25 Jan 2023, at 01:39, Mark Langford wrote:
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 06:39:53 AM PST, Mark Langford
wrote:
The recently released Pete Klapp accident investigation update
See https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103795
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A forward-hinged canopy has always seemed to me a safer way
of Rudi Venter via KRnet
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:18:31 AM
To: KRnet
Cc: Rudi Venter
Subject: Re: KRnet> Pete Klapp crash comments from NTSB
Interesting!
Having had a "Canopy failure" in flight on a KR2 I can attest that it was NOT
fun
So I can easily believe tha
Isn't "failed in flight" and "failed in the air" the same thing?
> On 01/24/2023 9:39 AM Mark Langford wrote:
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>
> The recently released Pete Klapp accident investigation update includes
> photos, toxicology, witness interview, logs. Most telling was the witness
> interview (pilot o
Interesting!
Having had a "Canopy failure" in flight on a KR2 I can attest that it was
NOT fun
So I can easily believe that it could be the cause of the crash.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 4:40 PM Mark Langford wrote:
> The recently released Pete Klapp accident investigation update includes
> ph
Thanks Mark
Bill Jacobs
Daytona Beach ⛱️
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 9:39 AM, Mark Langford wrote: The
recently released Pete Klapp accident investigation update includes photos,
toxicology, witness interview, logs. Most telling was the witness interview
(pilot overheard Pete's radio c
The recently released Pete Klapp accident investigationupdate includes
photos, toxicology, witness interview, logs. Most telling was the
witness interview (pilot overheard Pete's radio call about "canopy
failure"), but the NTSB has no conclusion. Looking at the photos of the
canopy connection
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