Jump to content

What was the stupidest reason you were grounded

Houman

By Houman
in General Mooney Talk

 Share

Recommended Posts

Houman Mentor

Houman

Posted
Posted

From all the reasons one might be grounded, I think I had the stupidest one today.

I had an IFR training flight scheduled this afternoon and a trip to Ottawa for some formation flying practice tomorrow. Getting to the airport today, I noticed there was no electricity in my hanger, trying the breakers and figure out what was going on.

The 2 flight schools on the airport had electricity as well as the runway and other hangers near me, but not my hanger, so no way to open the freaking hanger door, called my partner that owns the hanger and trying to get an electrician, but tomorrow is Canada day, so everyone is off and it is going to cost a bunch if even we can find one.

There are good reasons to be grounded, such as weather and aircraft snags, but the freaking electricity at the hanger would have been the last reason I would have thought would ground me.

Sorry, just pissed off....

What was the stupidest reason you were grounded ?

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
DrBill Mentor

DrBill

Posted
Posted

Exactly why we have a portable generator in the hangar..  We used it alot before we got wired electricity, now only in emergencies.  We're at the end of the line on a 50AMP line so oftern there is no power and I have to hunt for which breaker is tripped. Now, I fire up the generator, flip the main breaker off and turn on the changeover switch.

Bill

Link to comment
Share on other sites
orionflt Veteran

orionflt

Posted
Posted

how about elecrtic to the airplane..... last month I flew a local flight, I usally do not fire up the GDL-39 but I wanted to apdate it and play with my garmin pilot app. that in its self is not a problem, the problem is that circuit is on circuit that bypasses the master switch for operation if I have an electrial failure where I need to secure the master. Yes you guessed it, I forgot to shut down the outlet after the flight and my GDL-39 drained my battery so bad that I had to replace it. I found it when I went to fly to the next town for a meeting, I ened up having to drive and arrive a few minutes late.

Brian

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Houman Mentor

Houman

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Exactly why we have a portable generator in the hangar.. We used it alot before we got wired electricity, now only in emergencies. We're at the end of the line on a 50AMP line so oftern there is no power and I have to hunt for which breaker is tripped. Now, I fire up the generator, flip the main breaker off and turn on the changeover switch.

Bill

Well I do have a portable Honda Generator, but the hanger door are big horizontal half door covereing the entire opening of the hanger, no way to do it by hand. So I was thinking if I could have the hanger door motor wired to a plug and then I could use a generator, but since the hanger dos'nt belong to me and I only pay rent, I don't want to make any major changes or dammage something.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Alan Fox Grand Master

Alan Fox

Posted
Posted

I was at If I remember correctly Santa Monica , waiting for the Van to take me out to the Sanyo Airship.....At that moment my wife threw a hissy fit because she and my daughter would have nothing to do for 45 minutes....I suggested she take my daughter to lunch....She was having none of it....I gave away my ticket....and watched the Sanyo van drive out to the Sanyo airship......I swear everytime I looked up for the next hour , I saw that blimp mocking me......Its still a sore spot 10 years later...

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
takair Grand Master

takair

Posted
Posted

Airport badge in wrong car multiple times. At least now it's only a 5 minute drive. Keys at least once. Charts once (old days). Wife scared of the clouds, sky, wind, ground, other airplanes, karma, me, etc......too many times to count.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.