John Schaeffer had a canopy open in flight years ago. Flat spun to the ground with serious injuries but luckily survived. Flew his newer KR to Lake Barkley gathering on a borrowed undersized prop. The man is a legend.
Rich Parker NH Rich ________________________________ From: KRnet <[email protected]> on behalf of Rudi Venter via KRnet <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:18:31 AM To: KRnet <[email protected]> Cc: Rudi Venter <[email protected]> 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 that it could be the cause of the crash. On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 4:40 PM Mark Langford <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 call about "canopy failure"), but the NTSB has no conclusion. Looking at the photos of the canopy connections don't tell a lot, because it's likely impossible to tell what failed in flight, and what failed in the air. See https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103795<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.ntsb.gov%2FDocket%3FProjectID%3D103795&data=05%7C01%7C%7C66efcf17ca824c391dbd08dafe1e4a2b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638101703324014753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BVQbL9HTgRo5Maz3KLCu3Una1XN2B0VcQs9mUuOZHik%3D&reserved=0> -- Mark Langford [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.n56ml.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.n56ml.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C66efcf17ca824c391dbd08dafe1e4a2b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638101703324014753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=T05cKuH04RC4VnUF4mgBk%2FxySCmtfxTGI%2Fk1yFgVF48%3D&reserved=0> Huntsville, AL -- KRnet mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.krnet.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fkrnet&data=05%7C01%7C%7C66efcf17ca824c391dbd08dafe1e4a2b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638101703324014753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DBt6Rx%2BmzjVkdwU04IxrdXkiHdgUg7pGVKS97LhgOwI%3D&reserved=0>
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