BA> Replying to a message of BOB KLAHN to BOB ACKLEY:

 BA>>> The engine maintenance people were a bit more casual, I
 BA>>> watched one of them wheel a stand between the prop and the
 BA>>> wing of an EC-47 while the engine was idling, the top of
 BA>>> the stand was less than a foot from the prop.  Then he
 BA>>> climbed up the stand, opened a panel on the cowl and
 BA>>> started fiddling with something inside, while the engine
 BA>>> was still idling (one of his colleagues was sitting in the
 BA>>> cockpit, leaning out the window and watching him).

 BK>>  It is quite possible that they had to make adjustments while the
 BK>> engine was running. That does happen.

 BA> No doubt.  But if it were me I would have positioned the
 BA> stand and *then* started the engine.

 That's what I would have expected.

 BA> FWIW, one of our C-47s killed its crew chief (before I got
 BA> there).  Seems somebody forgot to put the locking pin in
 BA> one of the landing gear struts before the engines were shut
 BA> down.  He went to put it in but the holes were slightly
 BA> misaligned so he climbed up on the tire to try to kick it
 BA> into place.  The gear collapsed and he was crushed, all
 BA> because he couldn't have been bothered to start an engine
 BA> to restore hydraulic pressure and used that to reseat the
 BA> main gear so he could put the d*mn pin in.

 Another case of ignoring proper procedure? And I'd almost bet
 the officers running the show had to answer some serious
 questions.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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