Line mechanic killed operating NLG doors. A320
TO: A318, A319, A320 AND A321 OPERATORS
SUBJECT: ATA 32 - Fatality during Nose Landing Gear Door movement OUR REF.: SE 999.0065/10, dated 08 July 2010 OIT CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INFORMATION Ref 1: AMM 32-00-00 Pb201 - Installation of the Safety Devices on the Landing Gears Ref 2: AMM 32-12-00 Pb201 & 32-22-00 Pb201 - Opening and closing of the Landing Gear Doors 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this OIT is to inform Operators of a recent event that led to a fatality during closing of the Nose Landing Gear (NLG) doors. 2. EVENT DESCRIPTION After line maintenance on an aircraft including a lubrication task of the NLG, a technician went to restore alone the aircraft back into its nominal configuration. During this operation, with no further information at this time, the technician was trapped by the NLG doors. 3. INVESTIGATION Investigation is currently on-going to determine the whole circumstances of the event. If valuable information is to be communicated to operators, this will be done via revision of this OIT. 4. MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION We remind operators to strictly follow the safety precautions and warnings when working in the vicinity of the landing gears and landing gear doors (Ref 1) and when opening / closing the landing gear doors on ground during maintenance (Ref 2). Condolences to the his/her family and friends |
:( condolencies to his family and friends, this after those horrific ingestion pics i saw...not good
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More info required, how the hell does that happen. Poor bugger! RIP.
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767 main doors are always a concern - gags on anytime i'm near them regardless of the state of the lowering handle.
I'd like to know how this happened on the A320 too, I always thought if the handle was down and pinned then the doors wouldn't close. :( |
yup
I was actually thinking of the same thing ... if the handle was pinned, then i dont think there would be any accidents.
deep condolence to the bereaved. |
I don't wish to speculate.
Please be alert and remember the dangers that always lurk in our proffesion. Poor chap was just doing his job. cod |
I just checked on the A320 AMM the landing gear doors ground operation procedure and there doesn't seem to be anything out of ordinary about it:S I have no idea how would it close on it's own when the handle is down and pinned.
And did the MLG doors close aswell at that time or its just the NLG? Further info would be greatly appreciated! |
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