Is my belief that a pilot should be familiar with the aircraft they fly.
I will now elaborate my thought;
In my particular case, I want to know how everything in my aircraft works, I don't want to be an expert of everything, (although is not a bad idea) but get to know "the bolt and nut,s" and the function it serves on my enjoyment flight.
Here is a true story of a fatal accident which occurred here in Puerto Rico a few years ago.
Background Facts:
Retired Airline pilot with over 2K flight hours, an aircraft with a recent annual inspection, clear sky with light Caribbean winds.
Pilot dies in final approach when the aircraft goes into an uncontrolled steep right turn just before reaching his landing.
Findings:
The pulley right above the center of the windshield had corroded and detached from the frame. This pulley controlled the two ailerons
Via control wires.
When the pulley detached the pilot lost all lateral control and the aircraft pitched to the right going into an uncontrolled spin.
What happen here? The aircraft was inspected visually without removing a cover to inspect the condition of the control wire via the pulley it depended on.
So is it necessary to remove what ever it takes to get access for inspection? is definitely a must.
This death could had been avoided by removing the cover plate above the windshield to inspect the control wires and the pulley they rode apon.
Food for thought. Know your aircraft in and out and participate in the inspection.
Frank Gonzalez
Puerto Rico
Aircraft was a Cessna but don't know exactly the model!
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On Oct 16, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Bob Comperini bob@fly-ul.com [Sport_Aircraft] <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On 03:18 PM 10/16/2015, Helen Woods Helen_Woods@verizon.net [Sport_Aircraft] wrote:
>I'd like to see you do a condition inspection without wrenches!
"Fixing stuff" or "replacing stuff" is maintenance. Using a wrench to get access to something to inspect it, is not. Splitting hairs now.
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Bob Comperini
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