WHEN THINGS GO WRONG ON TAKEOFF 

Flying a B55 Baron a few years ago door popped open just before rotating aborted on the ground. He’s right better to stop if you can, solve problem get your airplane and your mind working as one. I have heard of lots of pilots have a window or door pop open. This is what we train for. Great video keep them coming.

Kim, that's a perfect example of NOT PANICKING and use what you've learned to assess the situation and conditions in a prudent manner and time to determine your'e next step. Hundreds of hours and experience helps too! Hope you Guys had a great Christmas.

Reference was you say at 5:35: It is always better to be on the ground wishing you were up in the air then to be up in the air wishing you were on the ground.

You two compliment each other that was fun and sort of short.

As a Naval Flight Officer, the only words to cause fear, and grab the handles were hearing my pilot say “Oh Shit”.

A group of us were on a charter flight in a Baron returning from Norfolk Intl. to Southern Maryland and on the takeoff roll the left engine just shut down. The pilot got it refired, taxied to a turnup area and did run-ups for about 15 minutes with no problems. We took to the runway again with the pilot telling us that if he saw anything at all wrong with the engine we would have to find another way home. Everything went well and we got home with no problems. Never did find out what was up with the engine. Those guys flew us around a lot so we had good trust in their judgment.

On my 1st solo, way back in 1965, I was on my downwind leg at pattern altitude setting up my landing. I reached across the panel to pull the carb heat out on my trusty Cessna 150 (probably the 1st one built) when an explosion erupted inside the plane’s cabin. I learned a lot about flying that day including to check that little cotter pin that holds the window hinge from allowing the window to swing full open. When the pace of my heart slowed a bit and I realized I hadn’t soiled myself I was able to continue on my way to complete my 1st solo with a beautiful landing and a really good story.

Loved the low-mo, when you turn your head back and about 1/3rd of a second you pull the power back.

I had the baggage door open on take off in a 177RG, made a quick trip in the pattern to land and close it. I was just learning the Cardinal at the time and my instructor was with me.

Glad it didn’t opened while you were flying this time. We had that happened during flight too. Yes!! It is super Loud!!!!

Cool video , these things happen . Im not a pilot , im an Aviation Firefighter , these things happen to the Military . Whilst on Detachment to what was RAF Machrihanish , a base in Scotland . We used to have big exercises for about two weeks of all NATO submarine hunters . Well at 03:00 ( my lowest ebb !!! ) we got called out to search the Airfield to look for a sonar buoy that was dropped on take off . They thought it might be on the Airfield , so off we went searching the Runway and taxiways and every where else where we could shine our lights , no ground off the the tarmac was safe for a vehicle and some not even on foot . Well we never found it , the Aircraft carried out its mission and returned no problem . How ever some where there is a sonar buoy still to this day either on land or sea still looking for a sub , or more likely it was smashed on impact and is still laying there some where on the mull of kintyre . Thank God it wasn't some thing bigger in weapons !!!

Really cool, calm, smooth handling of the issue there! Absolutely the right decision to abort the take off! Nicely done! Thank you for sharing with us because that is the way to deal with a problem

Great video you two, thanks and Happy New Year!

Thanks for the video. Happy holidays to you both.

Great vid! That's something that has happened to all of us, both on takeoff roll and in the air. Great catch to notice it on takeoff. Sometimes the noise cancelling headsets are so quiet it is easy to miss something like the rear window popping open.

My instructor left the seat belt outside the door of a 152 on my second supervised solo. It actually didn't start making a loud banging noise until I lifted off the runway. I looked back at the tail to make sure nothing back there was fluttering, flew the pattern and landed. At least nothing was damaged and he had to buy me lunch that day.

Nice smooth flight guys and the right decision on takeoff. Wishing you both a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Hi, BP. You guys are always a treat. I thought you had a tire blowout. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

Thanks for the flight capt.

That was short and sweet, and I loved the climb out if the weather. Good job team and nice landing!

Thanks...had all kinds of visions of stories to tell...hmmm...Happy New Year!

I agree with Kim..you are nailing the landings. Great video

Great video, we watch most of your presentations!

Flight Engineers on the DC8 used to pull the seat belts whenever they heard a pilot say.."watch this" or "I've been thinking" lol

I totally agree with you about IFR flight! I hardly ever fly VFR anymore. It’s just SO much easier to file IFR. Love your vids man!!

Handled that situation like you've done it before 😆 Great video guys and thank you for bringing me along with ya.

That is what i like about a great Pilot very Observant You and Kim caught that In time I wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year and Many Years of flying

Thanks for sharing. No flight is boring!!!

Awesome reaction !!! Calm and Cool!!

IN this video with you flying VFR it is easy to see how ADS-B in & out is such an asset to the aviation community, by seeing the flight environment as a 3 dimensional MAP your situational awareness is immensely enhanced.

That was a Good example of being visual ! Well done Christopher !!!

Nothing boring about it ! Giant golf carts and golf balls oh my!

Great catch and decision making!

Those open windows will get your attention, especially on take-off!! On my 2nd or 3rd solo around the patch I had the passenger door come open about 100 feet off the ground. I was flying a Cessna 150 but I was still at the point that when I was solo the cabin felt like I was in a 747 and it was a LONG way over to that open door!! Thanks for the video!

Nice time guys...enjoyed the video!

Oh APOPKA love that place used to fly a G58 into there a few times.

Great video and action taken!

It's always nice to come home. Anyone who's never been here to Punta Gorda doesn't know how special it can be. Great flight.

Nice video Chris. I’ve flown into there once and it felt 10 times more hectic than FXE on a bad day with the traffic!

Awesome pilot skills

Great video!

Smooth like butter!

heyyy chris and kim good flight kevin and jamie went to new england it is absolutley gorgeous there im glad u are having fun seee ya in the skies sooon happy flying

Great reaction Kris! Boas Festas from Brasil to you and Kim.

I’ve had an Archer door pop open twice at rotation. Does get your attention!

Very Smooth.

Well said, be ABORT minded on take-off. Too many simply want to punch the sky and go. when something happens it becomes a S___T Show. To further, be go-around minded on arrival. Don't allow getthereitus take over. Love the tail Camera. Happy New Year!

My dad's J35 Bonanza (N256AA, a 1958) in the 1960's; many times the co-pilot-side door would pop open on take off or slightly after, if not totally locked. We would climb, execute a full stall and slam it. This happened at least 10 times. The 1973 Baron B55 N873MD that we later owned never had any such issues. (Eagle's Nest/W'sboro, VA.)

aaah..always enjoy watching you two..."The" Baron Pilot..and "The" SIC...a very quick reaction...and now it's time for a stretch...many thanks for sharing your Friendsgiving flight..

Great video as always. Thanks for letting me tag along.👍

Love your channel. I can't believe you don't have more followers. I will do my part to spread the word.

Short but fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU TWO!

I have a lot of KLM pilots in my Twitter Timeline. So I shared this video and will share some more, because I like them very much! Started with the video with the emergency. I tagged you in the post, although it is almost all in Dutch.

I agree, I tell people "I'm pretty sure I never got my VFR ticket". I file IFR everywhere. Of course in the King Air 300 above 18,000' not a choice but in the Baron E55 I do the same.

Another entertaining and not on purpose educational video of things opening when you least expect it! That delicious porker looked good, along with that man-cave hangar. I get that hangar envy all the time and I don't even fly now... I had the door pop open in an Arrow many years ago. My wife didn't quite latch it properly from the right seat. We'd just got airborne and were turning crosswind, and "pop", and lot of air noise, so just turned downwind, landed on the runway and stopped, re-secured, and restarted off again after resetting the aircraft for T/O and checks redone! I'd flown as a right seat photographer once in a 172 with no door at all, so new what noise was like! - Yeah no issue, just noisy and annoying. Fly the plane! :)

Good video with much more interesting circumstances than expected. 🤭

Chris, If you check Matt Guthmiller videos he had a gas’s cap come loose and had to abort there was something wrong with the cap. Have a great new start in the new year.

That is the best video intro you have ever done!

Very cool couple.

Had a door open on takeoff in a Cessna 150. Just at liftoff. I continued the takeoff. Flew to a safe alt. Closed the door. And yeah it makes a loud sound. Got my attention real quick. Amazing how many aviation accidents result from simple things like this. Open door. Open window. Some slight anomaly during critical faze of flight resulting in pilot error.

Great reaction on the abort and wise words about having that plan in place in your head before you ever reach the runway...especially in a twin with VMC speeds to consider and engine failure always a possibility...nice work!

Good job Guy's !!

9:51 very interesting emphasis on the singing lol. Nice flying looked really fun

That was scary but scary hehe thanks for sharing

Beautiful vid I enjoyed every minute of it but be careful 2020 isn't over yet and next time could you save us a plate 🤣 season greetings and have a wonderful weekend

Glad you folks were able to stop on time

As usual great video. Thanks for sharing. I am not superstitious, but with this video title I could not help but notice we did not have Kim’s usual preflight engine kiss... again great content.

Nice smooth abort, thumbs up. Don't forget to teach Kim how to secure those windows.

I had the same window pop open on me in my B55 twice-- at cruise altitude. Absolutely no big deal. Stratus came loose and struck the latch mechanism. BUT. Takeoffs are optional, and if you can close before liftoff that is by far the safest and wise choice.

I still claim that the bald eagle is doing the nasty with that gauge! And grinning while he does it, too lol

Good Piloting , only during such emergency we actually get too see how good a pilot is... Such a good video of student pilots to stay a step ahead in flight safety...

There is people that live in the hangars at Apk That's why it's called the Orlando Apopka Airport condo assoc. know a few that have hangers there.

Pilot side forward door latch popped open after my last take off... not a huge deal as the relative wind kept it shut but it was a cold and noisy pattern!

Since I am a "car guy" in the extreme I really enjoyed the bits and pieces of your automotive weekend. Particularly the short clip of the 'golf cart" Good stuff, that. Thanks for the entertaining video and the safe aborted takeoff. You have nerves of steel sir!

Nice video, the truck with the rusty finish is called a rat rod.

She said she felt awkward like something wasn't right. Good situational awareness aborting when you did.

Good Call and reaction 3:30 ,,I was a bit more angry when my Son left his Door open and neither fasten the seat belt ,we were already 500 Agl

Wow, surprise! Good thing you were still on the ground at the start of your take off roll... Of course, THE Baron Pilot handled it like the true pro he is... SIC is as always, the prettiest SIC in the air.. Plain and simple.. That was one heck of a 'man cave'/hanger... That's enough to cause anybody a bit of jealousy eh? Heading to Ohio from Texas? You coming anywhere near Indy? Maybe a quick stop at Greg's home FBO at Exec? We're not far from there ourselves :D

Textbook abort, nice job, great video.

The same thing happened to me. Also in a Baron.That was my 1st aborted takeoff. The second one was a Canadian goose taking his time walking across the runway, with an attitude like he owned the place.

Noise canceling headsets are great for comfort from noise fatigue and easier ATC communication but they hide the little subtle noises that can give you a heads up on what might be creeping up on you. I learned to fly in the days with only the overhead speaker providing what was needed from the radio. But even with that amount of noise all around you it was possible to filter out certain sounds that were different from what you were used to. I guess that’s why some car salesmen used to tell me they disliked demonstrating a car to a pilot because “They hear everything “.

Nice

This is „papas son“ PFC on a Sunday afternoon joy ride.

Good decision and thanks that it is nothing worth a ton to repair afterwards

The beechcraft baron is such a smooth flying aircraft for a small heavy twin.

The passenger door popped open on my 1st solo about 30' above the ground.

I had exactly the same thing happen on takeoff after dropping off some passengers and as I was solo I couldn't reach the window to try and close the thing. Trouble for me it happened about 3 seconds after takeoff. My suspicion was that as one of the passengers was exiting he had placed his hand on the small tab that projects through the handle, that tab is the lock to release the handle.

I''ve got an idea, when you run the before takeoff checklist make sure the window is closed and locked. If the locking mechanism isn't dependable have it inspected and replaced.

Hi, Chris, Kim. I'm VERY glad it was only a popped window and that you're both ok after having to abort that t/o. Love watching your videos. I would just like to clear something up Chris/Kris. I thought that you were Chris. Your son Kris and of course the indubitable Kim. Can't mess that name up too easily. Some people call you Chris. Others Kris. Which one is correct? I know that this is supposed to be about flying but I couldn't help notice the song that begins and ends the video. You have one heck of a taste in music, Chris. ;) At first the song reminded me of Zayde Wolf doing "Born Ready" but of course it's Tommy Ljungberg doing the song, "Black Hole". Very appropriate song for this video. Born Ready would also work. That's how I think of you, Chris. Born ready. You've got to be one of the most calm and competent pilots out there. Just loved it when you and your friend (sorry, his name escapes me....Brian?) were talking about dual engine failure on his jet. No big deal. Both engines out. We'll just glide it in. You guys are amazing. Cool as a cucumber. Kudos to you, Chris, for choosing this particular song. From my point of view you have a very excellent taste in music unless it was Kim that picked out that song and then she has a super taste in music. Whenever you have great music on your vids that isn't all that well known, Chris, you could do me a real solid and put the names of the tunes in your comments at the beginning of the video. Would really appreciate that. Wish you and your family all the very best. Have a wonderful New Year. Stay safe and watch out for people trying to cough on you. ;) This darn virus ain't over by a long shot. Hunker down for the long term. Take care.

Hi, hope you had a wonderful Christmas, where are you going in Ohio I live 5 miles from the Ohio Michigan line! Toledo Suburban Airport was my home base years ago it is actually in Michigan, nice small airport with a 4807 x 50 ft. runway.

Agree with all who complimented your cool, calm, and professional handling of the window-pop! Question: unless I missed it, you didn't obtain VFR flight following. Just a 50 nm flight, but through some pretty busy airspace between Orlando and Tampa. What was the reasoning there?

I used to have a Baron 55. Same issue

Nice job! Just wait until a pax in the back seat inadvertently opens it at 6000ft & 160kts!

Perhaps the window popped open because Kim failed to perform her pre-flight smooch on 3175W? The Baron demands attention! 🥺🛩

Great decision to abort takeoff. A lot of people brief procedures so everyone knows what to expect if there's a problem. I'm assuming you did one off camera, and that was a good idea. Really good display of decision making on takeoff.

A calmly spoken, "Oh, shit" is always an appropriate comment in flight. It immediately alerts the pilot to a non-standard condition or situation.

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I'm glad you guys ok and it was just window opening! Last video I saw the cargo door flew open , detached hitting right elevator and partially jamming it.Thank God the couple in that flight safely landed very fast.