Friday, May 1, 2009

Clear right! Not!

Three things I was told to memorize being a First Officer:

1. Clear Right

2. Don't worry you can tell the pax that was my landing

3. I'll take the fat one

Now that my attempt at humor is over, a friend of mine forward me the following pictures and text.
Pictures forwarded on by a friend…

I guess a GPU almost sitting on the J line wasn’t a big enough THREAT to notice! So much for assuming that the obvious will be your guide…NOTHING, as witnessed here, replaces following Policy & Procedures 100% of the time (like physically clearing the A/C Clear Zone). We can only imagine what the person sitting in the seat next to the prop arch must have been thinking…




Pictures of a Dash 8, Mesa owned, in Phoenix.  They were being parked and no one saw the power cart on the right side of the airplane, including the crew.  Shrapnel everywhere.  No one was hurt, amazing considering the pieces and parts flying around.


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5 comments:

  1. Can I use one of these photos (first one) in my blog and for teaching purposes? I will link in the blog to your blog... thanks! Jeff jmlisleatgmaildotcom

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  2. Sure....learning from mistakes is a huge part of aviation.

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  3. Holy S***! That is bad, if that had happened at my FBO, I might as well have just handed my badge to my boss as I punched out... THANK GOD that none of the blades went through the fuselage and injured/killed any of the passengers of flight crew... at your company would this be an offense that the flight crew could get fired for???

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  4. As a follow up, I found this on the FAA website...
    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 449YV Make/Model: DH8B Description: DHC-8-200 DASH 8
    Date: 04/21/2009 Time: 0038

    Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Minor

    LOCATION
    City: PHOENIX State: AZ Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    N449YV AIR SHUTTLE FLIGHT 2957 DEHAVILLAND DHC8 AIRCRAFT, WHILE TAXIING,
    STRUCK A GROUND POWER UNIT WITH ITS RIGHT ENGINE PROP, NO INJURIES
    REPORTED, DAMAGE REPORTED AS MINOR, PHOENIX, AZ


    I would consider this more than "minor" damage...

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  5. The flight crew could be fired if the company investigate (sure they will) and are found to not have followed procedure. Lots of factors involved including the ground crew, pilots, union and FAA. Good times....not!

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