Originally Posted by
cub builder
I would put this under third hand rumors, but what I heard yesterday from someone that always seems to have the skinny on stuff like this is that they had a control issue, like something like a cell phone or similar had fallen out of a pocket and was blocking the controls. That would explain why someone was unbelted as he may have been squirming around trying to dig something out of the controls under the seat. It could also explain bumping into the controls while unbelted, possibly creating a negative G situation where he may have exited the aircraft with the canopy.