S76 Parking Brake Handle vs Collective
I am doing a quick survey. We recently had an event when the Pilot reached down to set the parking brake and grabbed the collective instead. The aircraft jumped about a foot into the air before settling back to terra firma.
It happened at the end of a night shift where the crew had flown 7 hrs over a 13 hr period.
They were tired, no doubt, and when I first heard of this I thought to myself what an odd thing to do. However, since then, I have received numerous reports from our crews of similar (if not quite so drastic) mistakes happening when setting the parking brake.
Do any of you have similar stories? What kind of control measures have you as individuals or your companies put into place to prevent reccurrence? Any and all tips are welcome.
wde