Helijason Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 sometimes forgetting the little things can get you into big trouble. http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=2...01694&key=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Major "Brain Fart" He is extremely lucky it get tragically worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper_Stew Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Pretty easy mistake to make, I'm sure he won't do that again though. It serves as an excellent reminder to all of us to avoid complacency for our sakes and our crew. Glad no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdoch Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Easy to make mistakes, I'm not one to judge, nor can I in the work position I'm involved with, but I have no throw a question out there. Is it acceptable to give the cyclic a little nudge forward to see if there's movement in the disc before pulling pitch? Does anybody do this as a personal reassurance check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 The preliminary report out for all to see only 30 days after the incident is another :up: for the FAA reporting system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache Gear Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Easy to make mistakes, I'm not one to judge, nor can I in the work position I'm involved with, but I have no throw a question out there. Is it acceptable to give the cyclic a little nudge forward to see if there's movement in the disc before pulling pitch? Does anybody do this as a personal reassurance check? I don't see why not, I alway stir the stick just a little just in the off chance that I forget to turn on my hydraulics of somthing. Just make sure that there is nothing under the disc when you do it. Cheers MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuce bigalow Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Easy to make mistakes, I'm not one to judge, nor can I in the work position I'm involved with, but I have no throw a question out there. Is it acceptable to give the cyclic a little nudge forward to see if there's movement in the disc before pulling pitch? Does anybody do this as a personal reassurance check? Personally I check all controls before lift off hydrolics on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volition Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Yea! That's the way I was taught too... to slighly move those controls to make sure those frictions are off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugman Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 It makes sense to check the controls after a start prior to lift-off. I do it every time. Also, if hot-refueling check the controls after getting in and spooling up, prior to lift-off. If landing and letting out passengers I am unlikely to do a control check as my hands have not left the controls. So, if the pilot in question put on the lock but then did not get out he may have tricked himself. Had he got out, he may have done the control check once he got back in. (I do not know if he did get out. If he did get out then perhaps he was rushed into departing or distracted by what ever might have been going on around him.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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