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Columbia Seat Limitation
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...a/B_0904_N.txt
Prayers go out to the family. Horrible, horrible accident. As a family man, the incident caught my attention. Particularly the six people in a Columbia part. Sadly, children were involved but with 4 adults and 2 children (according to various sources), W&B was at best borderline. Other forums have mentioned that there's a limit of 4 passengers in the Columbia regardless of size. Is this true? Are the limitations model-dependent or is it a FAR 23 thing? Seems to me that seat belt requirements may drive some of this. Marco |
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Marco Leon wrote:
Other forums have mentioned that there's a limit of 4 passengers in the Columbia regardless of size. Is this true? Are the limitations model-dependent or is it a FAR 23 thing? Seems to me that seat belt requirements may drive some of this. The Columbia has 4 seats and 4 seat belts. That would limit the number of passengers over the age of 2 yrs. to 4. Children under 2 yrs. of age can legally ride on the lap of a belted passenger. Conceivably, it would be possible to have seven occupants in the cabin (as long as W&B allowed). 1 pilot and 3 adult passengers each with a lap child. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
Marco Leon wrote: Other forums have mentioned that there's a limit of 4 passengers in the Columbia regardless of size. Is this true? Are the limitations model-dependent or is it a FAR 23 thing? Seems to me that seat belt requirements may drive some of this. The Columbia has 4 seats and 4 seat belts. That would limit the number of passengers over the age of 2 yrs. to 4. Children under 2 yrs. of age can legally ride on the lap of a belted passenger. Conceivably, it would be possible to have seven occupants in the cabin (as long as W&B allowed). 1 pilot and 3 adult passengers each with a lap child. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) Assuming the report below is correct about the ages of the children (I know that a huge assumption) there was at least one violation, the 2 year old. I'll bet they were outside the W&B and the first line of the story is right. http://www.turnto23.com/news/14025214/detail.html KERNVILLE, Calif. -- A private plane stalled and crashed near the Kern Valley airport Friday with no survivors. The Kern County Sheriff's department said there were 4 adults and 2 children on board, including one infant. Adults killed were the pilot, Adam Pasori, 56 of Santa Monica, his wife Sibel, in her 30's, his brother, David Pasori, in his early 40's, and sister Mila Kuygusuz, in her 40's, according to Sal Yaman, Adam Pasori's nephew. Kuygusuz's two daughters, Meriem, 2, and Nasrin, 5 months, were also killed. |
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Marco Leon wrote:
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/a...a/B_0904_N.txt And to add to the story ABC news asks the question... "Is Overloading Private Aircraft A Growing Concern?" http://www.turnto23.com/news/14028574/detail.html Last line in the story..."An ABC reporter suggested the Friday night plane crash was the most people killed in Kern County in one single incident since the Brothers’ murder in 2003." So now they are not only scare mongering they are quoting co-workers in the newsroom. |
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Is Overloading Private Aircraft A Growing Concern?" Last line in the story..."An ABC reporter suggested the Friday night plane crash was the most people killed in Kern County in one single incident since the Brothers’ murder in 2003." So now they are not only scare mongering they are quoting co-workers in the newsroom. Jeez.. that was the worst peice of crap I've seen in a long time -- Message posted via AviationKB.com http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forums...ation/200709/1 |
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On Sep 5, 12:28 pm, "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote:
Marco Leon wrote: Other forums have mentioned that there's a limit of 4 passengers in the Columbia regardless of size. Is this true? Are the limitations model-dependent or is it a FAR 23 thing? Seems to me that seat belt requirements may drive some of this. The Columbia has 4 seats and 4 seat belts. That would limit the number of passengers over the age of 2 yrs. to 4. Children under 2 yrs. of age can legally ride on the lap of a belted passenger. Conceivably, it would be possible to have seven occupants in the cabin (as long as W&B allowed). 1 pilot and 3 adult passengers each with a lap child. There is no such limitation that I'm aware of. Many planes were produced with just one seat belt across the entire back seat. I've never seen anything that says that pax can't share a seatbelt. |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
There is no such limitation that I'm aware of. You might wish to look at the type certificate. The one plane I am familiar with a rear bench seat with the long belt still lists the rear as "2 seats" and the certification of the aircraft is explicitly for 4 occupants. |
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"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in message
news:77c77cb23ba3b@uwe... Gig 601XL Builder wrote: "Is Overloading Private Aircraft A Growing Concern?" Last line in the story..."An ABC reporter suggested the Friday night plane crash was the most people killed in Kern County in one single incident since the Brothers' murder in 2003." So now they are not only scare mongering they are quoting co-workers in the newsroom. Jeez.. that was the worst peice of crap I've seen in a long time Man, these reporters are really living in their own world. They're really reaching when they get their quotes from their own staff. It's about as pompous as a news feature show with another newscaster as the featured guest (I can't recall the guest but I've seen it). Marco |
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On Sep 6, 5:40 am, Ron Natalie wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote: There is no such limitation that I'm aware of. You might wish to look at the type certificate. The one plane I am familiar with a rear bench seat with the long belt still lists the rear as "2 seats" and the certification of the aircraft is explicitly for 4 occupants. I'd like to take a look at that. Is the 4 occupants in the limitations section? -Robert |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Sep 6, 5:40 am, Ron Natalie wrote: Robert M. Gary wrote: There is no such limitation that I'm aware of. You might wish to look at the type certificate. The one plane I am familiar with a rear bench seat with the long belt still lists the rear as "2 seats" and the certification of the aircraft is explicitly for 4 occupants. I'd like to take a look at that. Is the 4 occupants in the limitations section? Look up the 182 type certificate. It's right there in the description of the aircraft immediately before "UTILITY" or "NORMAL" category. |
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