Characteristic airplane injuries

(Ben Jackson) wrote in message news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...

Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

RV-6 sliding canopy support. My buddy was always sliding the canopy
back right after landing and if I wasn't looking, the front support
always gave me a good whack on the head.

Piper pitot blade. While under the wing during preflight, the pitot
cover blows towards the rear of the wing. Rather than backing up and
walking around the wind, I just crawl after it. Pitot blade contacts
spine about midway down. Ouch! I only did that one twice.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I keep whacking my head on Cessna wing struts, trailing edges of wings,
and
lowered flaps. Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries. I have also
pulled shoulder muscles falling off the fuel steps. I have also pulled a
shoulder muscle and hurt my back falling off the fuel step and hitting a
float strut on the way down while checking the oil on a Cessna 182 on
amphibs. I also have bruised my back and ribs a few times backing into a
prop blade when climbing down from a fuel ladder or moving the fuel
ladder.

Twisted my ankle hopping off a float into the muck. Broken fingernails
pumping floats, straightening seat belts, closing doors, etc. Burned
fingertips on dipsticks and mufflers. Cut my knees on broken glass
crawling
under low wing airplanes. Bruised my thighs on various struts.

Come to think of it, I may be just a little bit clumsy.

Well DUH!!, klutz!! "~)

I used to have a tendency to catch my hair in the aileron and flap hinges
when I was flying 182's.


Still have all my hair since I quit flying the 182.

Tom
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Painful to fly 3 hrs home after doing that!

cya

chris


Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:

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Can't imagine how you would hit your forehead on a low wing plane! Not
with a name like Big John! :-)

-Sridhar

Big John wrote:

Ben

On pre flight I always hit my forehead on the wing (high or low)
and draw blood.

Always have and always will (I guess) (

Only time I didn't was in Military and wearing my helmet.

Big John


On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:



The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.

In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).

Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

C J Campbell wrote:

Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries.

I found the opposite. The visor on the ball cap tends to hide the approaching
strut. When I take my cap off, I hit my head less.

I think a light hardhat is in order, though.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

In article _iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03, Ben Jackson wrote:
Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

All the planes I've flown so far have given me an injury sort of the
on the same lines as RSI. However, the aircraft version of RSI is
called RWAS. This stands for "Rapid Wallet Atrophy Syndrome".

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Sridhar

Because of the ladies on the group I won't expound on your query G

As part of my successful years in the business, I pre-flight
underneath. I always dinged it 'someplace' during the pre-flight on my
Mooney which was pretty close to the ground.

As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
bird when RON outside. Taking off prevented them coming unscrewed and
falling from airplane and losing or hitting someone. also reduced the
drag a tiny bit.

Retracting gear needs to be checked before each flight. Again under
the A/C.

Many more good reasons to get underneath. Safety before pleasure G

Big John


On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:07:11 -0800, Sridhar Rajagopal
wrote:

Can't imagine how you would hit your forehead on a low wing plane! Not
with a name like Big John! :-)

-Sridhar

Big John wrote:

Ben

On pre flight I always hit my forehead on the wing (high or low)
and draw blood.

Always have and always will (I guess) (

Only time I didn't was in Military and wearing my helmet.

Big John


On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:



The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.

In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).

Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
bird when RON outside.


RON? Whazzat?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-quer...ct&Acronym=ron

had no clue.

Jose

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In article , Teacherjh wrote:
RON? Whazzat?

Think it's normally an octane rating measure, but from the context, I
guess not in this case :-)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"