Originally Posted by
Mach E Avelli
He was my next door neighbour. It not only engaged the flight control locks, it removed the propeller pitch locks. Had they pulled the throttles back, they would have been in deep manure.
Fortunately in those days pilots were taught all about systems, so when the lights came on they figured it out. No doubt preceded by a WTF? moment, as the checklist hadn't thought of that scenario.
It was preceded by SEVERAL WTF moments- yes they figured it out, but it took several minutes,.