NZCAA stating the obvious?
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NZCAA stating the obvious?
A safety investigation has identified that when a pilot operating a fixed-wing aircraft, in the
agricultural role, releases the power lever on take-off to place their hand on the ‘dump’ lever,
there is a potential safety risk of the power lever migrating back uncommanded.
This movement of the power lever could cause the engine to develop less power, leading to an
undesired power loss at a critical phase of flight.
agricultural role, releases the power lever on take-off to place their hand on the ‘dump’ lever,
there is a potential safety risk of the power lever migrating back uncommanded.
This movement of the power lever could cause the engine to develop less power, leading to an
undesired power loss at a critical phase of flight.
There is a similar risk when flying glider towplanes. However, there is a much bigger risk of a towplane upset, particularly when towing a low-time pilot.
So after establishing full-power, my hand is on the tow-release. Of course, I also keep an eye out for migrating power-levers!
So after establishing full-power, my hand is on the tow-release. Of course, I also keep an eye out for migrating power-levers!
power lever migrating back uncommanded
leading to an
undesired power loss at a critical phase of flight.
undesired power loss at a critical phase of flight.
I recall in another era when I joined the Australian DCA. I was asked to draft a letter for a senior bureaucrat who everyone seemed to bow to in reverent supplication. His rank was "Assistant Secretary" which apparently entitled him to have a carpet in his office. This little bloke looked like a garden gnome as he sat behind his enormous mahogany desk. Cent drafted the required letter in concise form and presented it to the first of many lesser bureaucrats on the food chain who in turn would hack away at my work until it was finally passed on a plate like the church collection to the gnome on the 11th Floor of 188 Queen St, Melbourne City.
I was reminded by my immediate superior that in future my drafts needed to be "padded out" much more with such expressions as "I have put in train ...etc etc" and that conciseness and getting right to the point might be alright in RAAF correspondence (from whence I had been just been recruited) but unsuitable for the Public Service.
I thought that the 'T' in TMPFISCH stood for Trim and Throttle Friction.
Or was the 'F' for Fuel, Flap and Friction?
Either way, no friction the aircraft is f****d.
Or was the 'F' for Fuel, Flap and Friction?
Either way, no friction the aircraft is f****d.
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This movement of the power lever could cause the engine to develop less power,