Hangar Rash
02-01-2009, 04:52 AM
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Hangar Rash
As a former line guy, I'm curious to ask the forum if y'all have any stories of airplanes getting wrecked either in the hangar or on the ramp?
The best story I have was watching a G-II taxi into Santa Fe after coming from Florida with the ground cable still attached to the wing. The pax reported seeing it just flailing in the wind throughout the entire flight!
The best story I have was watching a G-II taxi into Santa Fe after coming from Florida with the ground cable still attached to the wing. The pax reported seeing it just flailing in the wind throughout the entire flight!
02-01-2009, 07:10 AM
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Unfortunatly it happens all too often. In the past year I have had my aircraft pushed into the back wall of a hangar and a taxi drive into my wing while he was leaving the ramp.
I have seen a counter weight drop down on the wing of a 210 and a tug punch a 3 foot hole in the side of a Citation. Perhaps the oddest was when a King Air was parked outside a bifold door. The door was opened without looking to ensure it was clear outside and the door picked the plane up by the tail.
I have seen a counter weight drop down on the wing of a 210 and a tug punch a 3 foot hole in the side of a Citation. Perhaps the oddest was when a King Air was parked outside a bifold door. The door was opened without looking to ensure it was clear outside and the door picked the plane up by the tail.
02-02-2009, 05:13 AM
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An unamed FBO that had a Can-Am spider promotion going on, one of the senior line-personel decided to ride it around on the ramp and run into a new Hawker....(doh)
Prior to my employement at my current company, a lineman decided to catch a brand new saratoga tail in on a post in the hanger, torquing the whole rear end of the airframe!!!
At an airport I used to instruct, a gentleman with his new G1000 C182 was taxing out of the hangers and was dragging the left wing-tip down the front of the hanger doors(it was a tighter allyway, but still!!!)
When I was at Purdue, the Beechjet was at IAD i think, and the line crew decided to drag another plane wing through the nose of the beechjet. They were able to patch it enough to get a ferry permit to bring it back to LAF.
I'm sure there's others, but yup, interesting stuff!!!
Prior to my employement at my current company, a lineman decided to catch a brand new saratoga tail in on a post in the hanger, torquing the whole rear end of the airframe!!!
At an airport I used to instruct, a gentleman with his new G1000 C182 was taxing out of the hangers and was dragging the left wing-tip down the front of the hanger doors(it was a tighter allyway, but still!!!)
When I was at Purdue, the Beechjet was at IAD i think, and the line crew decided to drag another plane wing through the nose of the beechjet. They were able to patch it enough to get a ferry permit to bring it back to LAF.
I'm sure there's others, but yup, interesting stuff!!!
02-03-2009, 07:33 AM
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02-03-2009, 07:55 AM
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Not quite hangar rash, but one of the funniest things I've ever seen happened at my first line service job. Looking back on it I probably would have done the same thing if I was in his shoes and it was pretty scary to watch but now it's hilarious.
A student was going out for a solo in a 152 and flooded the crap out the engine. Fuel was just pouring out of the cowl. After about 5 minutes of cranking it lights off and this huge fireball envelops the aircraft.
The student freaks out, jumps out of the aircraft while the engine is still sputtering. It finally dies, but not before this student can grab a fire bottle, stick it up the exhaust and squeeze the trigger. The result was the 152 being down for about a month getting an engine overhaul.
A student was going out for a solo in a 152 and flooded the crap out the engine. Fuel was just pouring out of the cowl. After about 5 minutes of cranking it lights off and this huge fireball envelops the aircraft.
The student freaks out, jumps out of the aircraft while the engine is still sputtering. It finally dies, but not before this student can grab a fire bottle, stick it up the exhaust and squeeze the trigger. The result was the 152 being down for about a month getting an engine overhaul.
02-03-2009, 09:27 AM
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Not quite hangar rash, but one of the funniest things I've ever seen happened at my first line service job. Looking back on it I probably would have done the same thing if I was in his shoes and it was pretty scary to watch but now it's hilarious.
A student was going out for a solo in a 152 and flooded the crap out the engine. Fuel was just pouring out of the cowl. After about 5 minutes of cranking it lights off and this huge fireball envelops the aircraft.
The student freaks out, jumps out of the aircraft while the engine is still sputtering. It finally dies, but not before this student can grab a fire bottle, stick it up the exhaust and squeeze the trigger. The result was the 152 being down for about a month getting an engine overhaul.
A student was going out for a solo in a 152 and flooded the crap out the engine. Fuel was just pouring out of the cowl. After about 5 minutes of cranking it lights off and this huge fireball envelops the aircraft.
The student freaks out, jumps out of the aircraft while the engine is still sputtering. It finally dies, but not before this student can grab a fire bottle, stick it up the exhaust and squeeze the trigger. The result was the 152 being down for about a month getting an engine overhaul.
I've got a pretty bad one
I only had about 30 hours at the time, and it was the first time I'd ever taken an airplane out of a hangar. Was just a small little T-hangar and I was dumb enough to not open the door all the way. HEY IT LOOKED OK! I started pulling the Arrow out and BAM, tagged the beacon light on the door and plopped to the ground... My instructor couldn't stop laughing when I told him.
Needless to say, I open up the hangar ALL the way now.
02-03-2009, 09:51 AM
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Completely Embarrassing yet Harmless
So a while back when I started my training, I was going out to the airplane to preflight. I was at a new school, and unfamiliar with their procedures at the time, so when I went up to the airplane, I pulled out the chocks.
I hopped into the airplane and, head down, started writing down the times, checking for certificates, etc. It was then that I felt myself strangely surging forward, and my heart skipped a beat. I knew what was happening, and couldn't believe my own stupidity. I looked out the window to see that, sure enough, the airplane was rolling backwards across the ramp! I frantically reached under the yoke and pulled the parking break to full, bringing the airplane to an abrupt stop, but not before it had traveled twenty or so feet behind the lines it was parked on and almost rolled down a grass embankment about 30 feet from the tower.
I was almost certain somebody had seen what happened, and my @$$ was grass. I hopped out of the cockpit, preparing for the worst, but all I saw was a flight instructor - oblivious to the whole thing - standing out on the ramp and having a smoke.
Worried that he would look over and realize the blatant asymmetry in the aircraft lineup, I continued to perform the quickest preflight ever, but will never forget that crazy incident that (fortunately) never resulted in any damage being done to the airplane.
I hopped into the airplane and, head down, started writing down the times, checking for certificates, etc. It was then that I felt myself strangely surging forward, and my heart skipped a beat. I knew what was happening, and couldn't believe my own stupidity. I looked out the window to see that, sure enough, the airplane was rolling backwards across the ramp! I frantically reached under the yoke and pulled the parking break to full, bringing the airplane to an abrupt stop, but not before it had traveled twenty or so feet behind the lines it was parked on and almost rolled down a grass embankment about 30 feet from the tower.
I was almost certain somebody had seen what happened, and my @$$ was grass. I hopped out of the cockpit, preparing for the worst, but all I saw was a flight instructor - oblivious to the whole thing - standing out on the ramp and having a smoke.
Worried that he would look over and realize the blatant asymmetry in the aircraft lineup, I continued to perform the quickest preflight ever, but will never forget that crazy incident that (fortunately) never resulted in any damage being done to the airplane.
Last edited by Planespotta; 02-03-2009 at 10:00 AM.
02-03-2009, 12:23 PM
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when i worked line i was pulling a 182 with wheel pans. i had just washed it and was pulling it across the ramp with "Lecktro"...those lobsters that push back RJs...since i was going backwards i also happened to be looking that way...i turned around and the airplane was no longer attached...uh oh...it was rolling towards me though...before i could move, it ran up on the tray and shattered the wheel pan! the reason i was washing it was because it just came out of annual and had new wheel pans put on and was going to a pre-buy the next day!
another time i managed to tow a bonaza across the field with its parking brake on. overheated the tug and warped the brakes on bonanza.
what has made me a legend however is an incident with a golf cart. well the long and short of it is that it didn't have very good brakes. it was my second week at my new line job and i managed to crash through the side of the hangar...i was mortified thinking that i just threw away my aviation career...even the FBO owner couldn't stop laughing...
another time i managed to tow a bonaza across the field with its parking brake on. overheated the tug and warped the brakes on bonanza.
what has made me a legend however is an incident with a golf cart. well the long and short of it is that it didn't have very good brakes. it was my second week at my new line job and i managed to crash through the side of the hangar...i was mortified thinking that i just threw away my aviation career...even the FBO owner couldn't stop laughing...
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