KADS : "PAN PAN, I've crashed and we can't get out"

TangoWhiskey said:
I just recently got checked out in N533MC, a gorgeous, refurbished Turbo Arrow III in the Metroplex Flyers club. Really nice bird: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photos/N533MC:1.html

Somebody crashed it at Addison yesterday, trying to land in winds 200 16G24. Video from Millionaire suggests he bounced it back into the air and came down hard.

Attached is KADS LiveATC audio edited for time (dead spots mostly removed, except for when tower called 3MC and there was no response, to make that clear). Most concerning part, after his "pan pan, I've crashed" was a subsequent "I can't open the door, and I have a busted wing with my kids on board. Concerned about fire. Please expedite the trucks!"

I guess my wife is right when she says "I want you to buy a plane with TWO doors!"

FYI, this occurred 11/30 at 4:40pm CT.
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Is there a link to the video?
 
There are pics and video but not cleared to share. The plane will not fly again. Totaled.
 
Was really hoping to see pix / video? What's with the secrecy? The crash is a public record. We're not even asking for the guy's name or anything.
 
There was a story in one of the flying mags (can't remember) of the guys doing the flight checking on the PA-38. They were going to go spin it so they put on chutes. The flight test was uneventful but when they got down they found they could not open the doors. They were real thankful they didn't need to want to exit the aircraft.

Tools were passed in to them through the 'clear prop' window so they could disassemble the latch and open the doors ( the top latch on the tommy works both doors).

The Navion canopy has a pin that holds it open in the flight position (about 11"). If the cable snaps you can slide the canopy back that far and it gets stuck. If you've got a thin screwdriver or such you can jam it into the gap and wiggle the pin up so you can get out, but some people have a installed a secondary release. Mine the pin hole is wallowed out (I believe someone intentionally did this) so you can jam a pen or something similarly sized and release the pin if the cable snaps (it's happened to me once).

I've got a baggage door and the rear seats fold down and I've proved to myself I can get out that way...handy if the aircraft comes to rest inverted such that it's not possible to work the canopy at all.
 
flyingron said:
There was a story in one of the flying mags (can't remember) of the guys doing the flight checking on the PA-38. They were going to go spin it so they put on chutes. The flight test was uneventful but when they got down they found they could not open the doors. They were real thankful they didn't need to want to exit the aircraft.

Tools were passed in to them through the 'clear prop' window so they could disassemble the latch and open the doors ( the top latch on the tommy works both doors).

The Navion canopy has a pin that holds it open in the flight position (about 11"). If the cable snaps you can slide the canopy back that far and it gets stuck. If you've got a thin screwdriver or such you can jam it into the gap and wiggle the pin up so you can get out, but some people have a installed a secondary release. Mine the pin hole is wallowed out (I believe someone intentionally did this) so you can jam a pen or something similarly sized and release the pin if the cable snaps (it's happened to me once).

I've got a baggage door and the rear seats fold down and I've proved to myself I can get out that way...handy if the aircraft comes to rest inverted such that it's not possible to work the canopy at all.
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Great point about knowing how ALL your aircraft systems work--including doors and latches.
 
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