Banged my head on the propeller

Mavmb

Mavmb

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These airplanes hurt sometimes. I banged my head on a Queenair hartzell propeller blade last night. As soon as it happened, I dropped to the ground with a nauseous feeling in my stomach. I guess the good news is the propeller was off.
 
Mavmb said:
These airplanes hurt sometimes. I banged my head on a Queenair hartzell propeller blade last night. As soon as it happened, I dropped to the ground with a nauseous feeling in my stomach. I guess the good news is the propeller was off.
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10 years ago a lineman at Hobby walked into a MU2's spinning prop on a running engine- it knocked him down and only marked his face a bit.
 
ALWAYS stay out of the prop arc whether running or not. Glad you weren't seriously hurt. Watch yourself for post-concussion symptoms.

I watch a guy get hit with a dead-engine prop as he was conducting his walk around. Pulled the prop through and it kicked back. DRT!! Not a pretty.....
 
When I was doing survey I was preflighting my 172 part of which included cleaning the camera lens that stuck out of the baggage door. Got done wiping that off and stood up fairly energetically, right into the trailing edge of the flap that was down. Pretty sure you could hear it across the ramp. Fortunately there's not much going on inside my skull so I was fine.
 
I caught my head on the corner of the gear door while preflighting and immediately dropped as well. That drew blood and it hurt.
 
Was witness back in '84, during a zone 5 afterburner run on an FB-111, to a P & W (I believe he was Pratt) employee being sucked into the #2 engine. VERY messy
 
I always worry about this. My airplane has a radial and has to be pulled through before every flight. Thankfully it is shut down with the mags which makes me feel better but I always treat it like it's hot as best I can. I used to take care of an airplane with no electrical system that had to be hand propped so I'm used to it but still have a healthy fear of death.
 
Just yesterday I was monkeying around on a G-IV engine running at Max EPR while standing on a ladder. Almost lost a ball cap to a G-III once doing the same thing. Situational awareness is very important around a running airplane, especially if you need to be outside of it. I respect it, but I ain't scared, you scared?:sarcasm:

Edit to add: Having suffered a concussion as a kid, if you were nauseous after you bonked your head you should probably get some better advice from your doctor rather than anyone here regarding whether or not you might need some treatment.
 
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Ouchie. I'm sure there are a number of peeps here that have diamond shaped scars on their forehead. I know I have a divot in my head that's the shape of the thunderstorm lights switch from the DC-9.

There was a guy who got skewered in the eye by a static wick on the EMB-145. Another had his head laid open by those sharp vortex generators on the LE (or whatever they do). Those pics made me queasy....

Moral of the story...watch where you're walking.

Richman
 
We had a guy at the blimp company take a turning prop square in the forehead. I think the big thing that saved him from more than the cut was the fact it was a Rotax and had a gearbox. As soon as it had an impact, the clutch kicks the prop and motor apart, preventing engine damage, and in this case, more head damage.
 
Mavmb said:
These airplanes hurt sometimes. I banged my head on a Queenair hartzell propeller blade last night. As soon as it happened, I dropped to the ground with a nauseous feeling in my stomach. I guess the good news is the propeller was off.
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The nausea came from trying to defend your Seggy position.
Seriously, hope you're ok. Nausea can be the sign of a bad hit. You might want to see a doc.
 
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