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Baggage Door Lock

Champ

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On a recent flight I had a bad feeling that I forgot to lock the front baggage compartment. Turned out I had locked it. Has anyone ever flown with it unlocked. What does an unlocked one do in flight?
 
I have a friend of a friend that was careless enough to do just that. I heard it was just fine in flight. Not until final stall into a three point landing did it pop up for a few seconds with no harm done. Good thing that flight was straight and level because the compartment was full of gear.
Now he has a rule never to remove the key without locking it closed. And of course giving it a good tug during pre-flight.
 
What type of lock is it?

My baggage lock is keyed to my mags. I only use the one key, so I'm hoping it will be locked everytime!!

Don
 
We also vowed a new procedure - one key, stays in the baggage lock when open and is also the ignition key.
 
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