Had a potentially bad experience in my Archer tonight. Wife and I flew to
dinner and returned to the home port about 5:20. Airport normally is open till
sunset (which is 5:07 tonight) but as we taxied in, the lights in their cars
went out and they came walking to my plane. I store in the big hanger and they
came back to open it and put the plane away. I had ment to leave it out and
have them put it away in the morning. Well, little wife is saying she can't
open the door. I called to Don, the owner of the FBO, and he came over and
tried the outside but couldn't get it open. It was then that I realized that
the door had locked on its own. No way to unkock/open it from the inside. I
passed out the key through the pilot window and they unlocked the door. Later
I looked at the luggage door and there is no simple way to open it from the
inside either. If we had landed a couple minutes later, they would have been
gone and I would probably have a slightly broken plane. I'll never argue high
wing/low wing but I have become an advocate of TWO doors.

Chuck