Silly injuries
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From: Station 42
Islander trailing edges I have seen some crackers.
There's always something out to get you around aeroplanes...
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From: Southern Sausage Side...
Regular bruises on the shins from cessna landing gear struts when getting in and out of the plane, or just leaning into the cockpit...
Its not like I can't see them either...
Good to read that I'm not alone in the "aviation induced injury club".
Oh well no pain no gain I suppose.
Happy Landings....
Its not like I can't see them either...
Good to read that I'm not alone in the "aviation induced injury club".
Oh well no pain no gain I suppose.
Happy Landings....
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From: Hellfire Corner
My one and only attempt to help preflight a Rotax-engined a/c ended somewhat abruptly, when, with the cowlings off and going for 'burble', I pulled the prop into the top of my nose, missing my eye by very little.
I was found bleeding, dizzy and thinking I was more comfortable horizontal than vertical. We flew home, where I was patched up by the small injuries unit.
That about describes it.
I was found bleeding, dizzy and thinking I was more comfortable horizontal than vertical. We flew home, where I was patched up by the small injuries unit.
That about describes it.
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From: UK
Very early in my engineering life I was checking a HS125 pitot head after a flight, unfortunately it had been left switched on. The burn was there for some time, but I never ever repeated that mistake!
Standing up under the TFE731 engines on a BAe125 and denting the top of my head on the witness drains was a regular occurrence, but again over time I learnt.
On the flying side, just like another poster, I'd opened the cowling on a PA28 when the wind blew it shut on my fingers - "ouch" was not what I said. Dumb.
M.E.
Standing up under the TFE731 engines on a BAe125 and denting the top of my head on the witness drains was a regular occurrence, but again over time I learnt.
On the flying side, just like another poster, I'd opened the cowling on a PA28 when the wind blew it shut on my fingers - "ouch" was not what I said. Dumb.
M.E.
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From: UK
None myself so far! But I once witnessed a young girl on a trial flight get her large fingernail caught while closing the oil dipstick door on a pa28, she was devastated when it broke off! I've never laughed so much
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From: belgium
Last winter I had a hard fall on ground when pulling the 172 out the hangar onto a tarmac full of snow. At work I once got hit on the head by a Fokker 50 prop that started windmilling. Even at a low rotating speed that did hurt...
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From: Billericay (EGMC)
Constantly banging my head on the flaps of the 152....
Tripping over the wheel and falling backwards on to my ar*e, then standing up quickly to save face in front of the chuckling people who happened to witness it and then banging my head again on the flaps.
Walked into the stationary propeller cutting my leg
Slipping off the wing strut whilst checking the fuel level.... and to be fair the list goes on....
Sometimes wonder if I am safe to fly being so clumsy....
Tripping over the wheel and falling backwards on to my ar*e, then standing up quickly to save face in front of the chuckling people who happened to witness it and then banging my head again on the flaps.
Walked into the stationary propeller cutting my leg
Slipping off the wing strut whilst checking the fuel level.... and to be fair the list goes on....
Sometimes wonder if I am safe to fly being so clumsy....
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From: on the beach
The skydrol tank on the Vulcan was being topped up by my apprentice and I happened to look up at him to ask him a question which caused him to miss the neck of the receptacle giving me my first, and last ever, skydrol cocktail.
Moral of the story, don't look upwards when someone is filling up something, especially with your mouth open.
Moral of the story, don't look upwards when someone is filling up something, especially with your mouth open.
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From: UK
B52.
A friend was a crew chief in the early sixties, and he was quite used to jumping off the wing tip
when fully fuelled, assuming that wing LG was on the ground.
About a 6 to 8 foot drop.
Not so when he stepped off the opposite wing when the AC was light.
It's a big drop then!. Broken bones.
(sorry I don't know how to make images smaller).
Russell
A friend was a crew chief in the early sixties, and he was quite used to jumping off the wing tip
when fully fuelled, assuming that wing LG was on the ground.
About a 6 to 8 foot drop.
Not so when he stepped off the opposite wing when the AC was light.
It's a big drop then!. Broken bones.
(sorry I don't know how to make images smaller).
Russell
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From: UK
I dislocated my thumb whilst strapping on a Pitts - trying to get the straps nice and tight, tugged hard on a strap and my thumb got caught underneath. Still flew with a mate, drove myself to a&e later that evening and got it strapped up.
I'm quite good at driving one-handed it would seem.
I'm quite good at driving one-handed it would seem.
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From: Hampshire
Removed finger nail.
I was once towing a C152 into a hangar on a golf buggy, local rules meant you had to detach from Buggy at hangar entrance as only hand towing permitted inside. As I lifted the towing arm eye off the towbar, the little old 152 rolled forward slightly and my finger was trapped in between the towbar and the back of the buggy...instantly popped my nail straight off. A mistake I have never repeated
Moli
Moli
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From: Check with Ops
Not me, this time:
With the Sea Harrier, when landing away from somewhere that had steps, it was quite normal to climb out of the cockpit, gingerly make your way a few paces towards the rear of the aircraft and then sit on the wing and slide down to the wingtip. Unfortunately, nobody had explained to one of the new guys that we slide down the middle of the wing and not the forward part. By the time he realised what was going to happen he'd built up a fair speed and was unable to stop his arse being assaulted by the vortex generators that he managed to slide over. The wing fence put paid to his sliding but, in doing so, added ankle lacerations to his bum injury list
Don't put your hand on the canopy rail when closing the gull-wing door of a TB10 with your other hand.....it hurts.
Don't look around the windscreen when landing a Luton Minor in a field recently occupied by cattle. This exposes your face to the stuff being flicked off the tyres. It is smelly and very difficult to wipe off. Definitely wear goggles if you do intend to do this as it is smelly, difficult to wipe off and stings your eyes like mad.
With the Sea Harrier, when landing away from somewhere that had steps, it was quite normal to climb out of the cockpit, gingerly make your way a few paces towards the rear of the aircraft and then sit on the wing and slide down to the wingtip. Unfortunately, nobody had explained to one of the new guys that we slide down the middle of the wing and not the forward part. By the time he realised what was going to happen he'd built up a fair speed and was unable to stop his arse being assaulted by the vortex generators that he managed to slide over. The wing fence put paid to his sliding but, in doing so, added ankle lacerations to his bum injury list
Don't put your hand on the canopy rail when closing the gull-wing door of a TB10 with your other hand.....it hurts.
Don't look around the windscreen when landing a Luton Minor in a field recently occupied by cattle. This exposes your face to the stuff being flicked off the tyres. It is smelly and very difficult to wipe off. Definitely wear goggles if you do intend to do this as it is smelly, difficult to wipe off and stings your eyes like mad.
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From: EGSX
1) Bashing my head on the high Cessna wings. A lot. And I still do it.
2) Missed the foot hold on the spar of a 172 when checking fuel. My foot slid along the spar, I fell off and smacked into the tarmac. That one hurt!
3) Pulling the aircraft with a towbar that wasn't properly anchored. It flew off and I fell backwards and thudded into the taxiway.
And why do all these things happen when there are lots of people watching?
2) Missed the foot hold on the spar of a 172 when checking fuel. My foot slid along the spar, I fell off and smacked into the tarmac. That one hurt!
3) Pulling the aircraft with a towbar that wasn't properly anchored. It flew off and I fell backwards and thudded into the taxiway.
And why do all these things happen when there are lots of people watching?