In article ,
(Kevin Darling) wrote:



2) Make sure any front seat passenger moves their seat full rearward.
Many accident reports talk about a large CFI or passenger dying from a
yoke thrust... just like in the bad old automobile fixed steering
wheel days.

Yoke through the chest is a bad thing, but the seat full aft can have a
downside also. On older aircraft such as my '57 182 when the seat is
well aft the lap belt attach points are "abeam" your thighs. On impact
the seat cushion will compress down allowing you to slide forward off
the edge of the seat. Usually breaks both femurs. NTSB guy told me
about this. A good shoulder harness will help some since it restrains
the upper body.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html