COA Mechanic Sucked into engine...(2006)

[Old Pete]

Does anybody remember the video of the guy who go sucked into the intake of an A6 on the TR, and survived with minor injuries.

 

[Mariano]

Does anybody remember the video of the guy who go sucked into the intake of an A6 on the TR, and survived with minor injuries.

Probably because he never got beyond the engine inlet

 

[SoonerAv8r]

Similar accident a couple years ago. PC-12 @ Wiley-Post come in late at night. Lineman parks the aircraft, and walked right into the prop trying to chock the nosegear....Decapitated the lineman.

 

[contactground.9]

Similar accident a couple years ago. PC-12 @ Wiley-Post come in late at night. Lineman parks the aircraft, and walked right into the prop trying to chock the nosegear....Decapitated the lineman.

Good lord, that, or any of the aforementioned stories would be horrifying for the crews involved

 

[Bigey]

Similar accident a couple years ago. PC-12 @ Wiley-Post come in late at night. Lineman parks the aircraft, and walked right into the prop trying to chock the nosegear....Decapitated the lineman.

Jeez, this event actually strikes me as the easiest mistake to miss. Especially if the lineman/ramp agent is used to chocking the nosegear of any plane (first procedure) and forgetting the prop is on the front of the nose vs. the wings!

 

[JordanD]

Jeez, this event actually strikes me as the easiest mistake to miss. Especially if the lineman/ramp agent is used to chocking the nosegear of any plane (first procedure) and forgetting the prop is on the front of the nose vs. the wings!

That's the reason I quit chocking the nose gear on arriving planes when I worked line service. I just chocked a main.

 

[amorris311]

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The Saabs have a "prop brake." Where the engine runs, but not the prop. They are disabled on all Colgan aircraft. Some have the light still installed. I think it would be awesome use something like this, but I can see why they took it out.

FAA no likey! They are not allowed at all on any 121 Saab in the US. It also uses hydraulic pressure like no other. My initial ground school instructor (guy who put his dog in the slide show) showed us some diagrams of the prop brake. He explained to us that it would be a little too much for the mighty Swedish love machine to handle 4 or 5 times a day.

 

[v1valarob]

FAA no likey! They are not allowed at all on any 121 Saab in the US. It also uses hydraulic pressure like no other. My initial ground school instructor (guy who put his dog in the slide show) showed us some diagrams of the prop brake. He explained to us that it would be a little too much for the mighty Swedish love machine to handle 4 or 5 times a day.

Im sure EY showed us too, its just been so long now. Hydraulic pressure?? I would love to see those slides again. Kind of interested on how quickly the prop starts to spin after the brake is turned off.