Pre-flight SNAFU's that could have been FUBAR's
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Being Ex defence force , i once borrowed a spanner from a Maintainer, then once i finished with it , gave it to someone else who gave it to some one else ect ect .
Around 0230 the call comes in for th SQD to launch , when thay checked that all tools where accounted for , Airrrrrrccccabbbbiiieeee!!!!!!
Well fcked if i knew where it was, i gave it to old mate who gave it to brownie , who chucked it bomber ect ect . well theres the whole SQD grounded on the tarmac for 5hrs !!!!
Well well was I in the **** !!! i guess this was not a bad preflight for them but floppin hell for me !!!
NOTAM look after them tools , cause 21 days ROP scubbin fukcin pots and pans sucks !!!
I promise my back yard tool box is well accounted for !!
Cabbie
Around 0230 the call comes in for th SQD to launch , when thay checked that all tools where accounted for , Airrrrrrccccabbbbiiieeee!!!!!!
Well fcked if i knew where it was, i gave it to old mate who gave it to brownie , who chucked it bomber ect ect . well theres the whole SQD grounded on the tarmac for 5hrs !!!!
Well well was I in the **** !!! i guess this was not a bad preflight for them but floppin hell for me !!!
NOTAM look after them tools , cause 21 days ROP scubbin fukcin pots and pans sucks !!!
I promise my back yard tool box is well accounted for !!
Cabbie
For the Love Of.....!!!!!
Try taxiing out and hearing a rather foreign scraping sound coming from student's side of a/c. Thinking a seatbelt or something has been left hanging out the door, I tell him to open his door and see what it is. The outdoor chair he has used to stand on while refuelling (C150) is hooked over the wheel spat and being taken for a ride.
I'll get me coat......
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Several years ago on approach to land in a Jetranger I slowed to the hover when there was a 'whack' and a definite 'bump' through the pedals. 
I had somehow managed to leave one of the bright red engine air intake bungs in, the bungs consist of two foam cubes joined together with a strip of material about a metre in length. The bungs had come out in flight and had wrapped around the upper section of the vertical fin. As I slowed down, the bungs slid down the fin, I put in some left pedal in the hover and one of the bungs got 'sucked' into the tail rotor! I put the heli down and after the pax disembarked I sheepishly walked down to the back of the aircraft to check the damage. There was no visible damage other than a sliced intake bung and after the relevant inspection by the engineers no further action was required. Phew!
CH
I had somehow managed to leave one of the bright red engine air intake bungs in, the bungs consist of two foam cubes joined together with a strip of material about a metre in length. The bungs had come out in flight and had wrapped around the upper section of the vertical fin. As I slowed down, the bungs slid down the fin, I put in some left pedal in the hover and one of the bungs got 'sucked' into the tail rotor! I put the heli down and after the pax disembarked I sheepishly walked down to the back of the aircraft to check the damage. There was no visible damage other than a sliced intake bung and after the relevant inspection by the engineers no further action was required. Phew!
CH
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A mate of mine was rushed one day and tried to take off in an Islander with the external aileron lock in. Luckily there was a x-wind and when the ol' aileron into wind was a no go he pulled the pins.
Luckily the ailerons in those things don't do anything anyway, probably would have flown just the same.
Shows the importance of control checks though, you can't see the lock from the drivers seat. I always kept the Aileron lock and pitot cover in the drivers door pocket after that day. Part of my checks was to make sure they were both accounted for.
Luckily the ailerons in those things don't do anything anyway, probably would have flown just the same.
Shows the importance of control checks though, you can't see the lock from the drivers seat. I always kept the Aileron lock and pitot cover in the drivers door pocket after that day. Part of my checks was to make sure they were both accounted for.
