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On pre-flight inspections
Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight
inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya |
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D Ramapriya wrote:
Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya Of course -- that's why pre-flight inspections exist! |
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"D Ramapriya" wrote in message ... Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya Leaking brake caliper along with one of the brake linings worn completely down to the back plate :-) |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:41:07 -0700 (PDT), D Ramapriya
wrote: Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya yes. carb heat came out way too far in the hand. the butterfly actuator arm had fatigue failed of the end of the pivot shaft. (poor design that had lasted 23 years in service) dont stop doing them. years of successful action does not predict the onset of a fatigue problem. Stealth Pilot |
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On Jul 27, 12:41*am, D Ramapriya wrote:
Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya Yes; a stuffed bear in the carb intake duct. Removed bear, made flight. DH |
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On Jul 27, 9:14*am, Stealth Pilot
wrote: yes. carb heat came out way too far in the hand. the butterfly actuator arm had fatigue failed of the end of the pivot shaft. (poor design that had lasted 23 years in service) If something lasted 23 years of continuous service, poor design it certainly can't be, what? years of successful action does not predict the onset of a fatigue problem. Stealth Pilot Yep, that's the nature of the fatigue beast. I've known it in my own industry (construction) for yonks. Ramapriya |
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On Jul 27, 9:46*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
On Jul 27, 12:41*am, D Ramapriya wrote: Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya Yes; a stuffed bear in the carb intake duct. Removed bear, made flight. DH Probably sucked in during post-landing taxi to the apron from the previous flight? Ramapriya |
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On Jul 27, 2:03*am, D Ramapriya wrote:
On Jul 27, 9:46*am, Dudley Henriques wrote: On Jul 27, 12:41*am, D Ramapriya wrote: Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Thanks, Ramapriya Yes; a stuffed bear in the carb intake duct. Removed bear, made flight. DH Probably sucked in during post-landing taxi to the apron from the previous flight? Ramapriya Nope. Saw the child who did it, although didn't actually see him do it. He was being carried by his father on the line at one of our show sites in 1971. Have used the incident in a hundred safety lectures on pre-flights. I had preflighted the airplane for my next display and had run across the ramp to grab a coke from a snack wagon. Saw the man and his kid before I left. Came back and re-preflighted the airplane again because it was out of my direct sight since I had done the last one. Caught the bear in the carb tunnel on the second preflight. Rule number ONE for display pilots, and for all pilots for that matter as far as I'm concerned anyway! ANYTIME the airplane is out of your sight for ANY reason after you have done a preflight inspection, do it again! Dudley Henriques |
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, D Ramapriya wrote: Has any of you has ever discovered something during the pre-flight inspection that necessitated a significant deferrment of your flight plan or a cancelation altogether? Just curious, that's all. Depends on what counts as "significant deferrment" and what counts as "pre-flight". I've been delayed by an hour or so a couple of times, and had to cancel once because of a rough engine during the run-up (turned out to be lead fouling on the plugs, but we didn't find that out until the following day). The delays were caused by a sheared bolt on a wheel faring, and prop nick that had to be filed down. Those are the ones I can remember offhand. rg |
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On Jul 27, 10:36*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Probably sucked in during post-landing taxi to the apron from the previous flight? Ramapriya Nope. Saw the child who did it, although didn't actually see him do it. He was being carried by his father on the line at one of our show sites in 1971. Have used the incident in a hundred safety lectures on pre-flights. I had preflighted the airplane for my next display and had run across the ramp to grab a coke from a snack wagon. Saw the man and his kid before I left. Came back and re-preflighted the airplane again because it was out of my direct sight since I had done the last one. Caught the bear in the carb tunnel on the second preflight. Rule number ONE for display pilots, and for all pilots for that matter as far as I'm concerned anyway! ANYTIME the airplane is out of your sight for ANY reason after you have done a preflight inspection, do it again! Dudley Henriques Nice story If only the two pilots on that fateful Aeroperu 603 had done one, 70 souls + an entire company + a nice 757 would all still have been alive and functional. Ramapriya |
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