2016 Todays Learning

[Oldguy]

If half throttle doesn't taxi the plane, shut down and remove the chocks.

[N201MKTurbo]

11 minutes ago, Oldguy said:

If half throttle doesn't taxi the plane, shut down and remove the chocks.

Or the chains.

[Bob - S50]

16 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Or the chains.

Or release the parking brakes.

[Mooneymite]

If you are expecting the FBO to be on the left, but it's on the right, you may have landed on the wrong runway.....or at the wrong airport.  

[Mooneymite]

If you read about a pilot doing something incredibly stupid and think to yourself, "how could anyone do that...", be very careful.  It might happen to you very soon.  

[M20F]

17 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

Been there done that. . 

 

[Browncbr1]

21 hours ago, Oldguy said:

If half throttle doesn't taxi the plane, shut down and remove the chocks.

+1

[FlyDave]

On 5/20/2016 at 1:06 PM, N201MKTurbo said:

Or the chains.

I remember a Mike Busch article where he said something like "I can't tell you how many times I've sat there giving if more and more gas and the damn plane won't budge from the tiedown - all the while a whole platoon of pilots are watching me". Ha! This stuff happens to everyone.

[cnoe]

I had the pleasure once of watching an instructor/student unexpectedly pivot a C around an un-removed wing tie-down on grass. After I got their attention I crawled under the wing from behind and set them free.

I'll admit to jumping a nose-wheel chock made of 2"x4" on purpose but never a true chock, and never where my prop-wash could be detrimental.

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[Yooper Rocketman]

9 hours ago, FlyDave said:

I remember a Mike Busch article where he said something like "I can't tell you how many times I've sat there giving if more and more gas and the damn plane won't budge from the tiedown - all the while a whole platoon of pilots are watching me". Ha! This stuff happens to everyone.

Oh god, I did that once with a tail tie down.  Luckily no one saw me. 

[amillet]

2 minutes ago, Yooper Rocketman said:

Oh god, I did that once with a tail tie down.  Luckily no one saw me. 

Me too.  First time into Cable airport in Upland, CA 25 years ago.  Tied down and went into FBO & was told I was in the wrong spot.  Undid the wing tie downs and hurried into the cockpit to move.  I don't think anyone else saw me.  Done it with wheel chicks more than once, most recently at a PPP with an instructor on board who didn't notice either.

 

[neilpilot]

Just now, Hyett6420 said:

Been there done that, except a whole damn Campari of reg spotters saw me.  So humiliating. I was only 18 as well. 

When I was based at KPVG a C172 flew in to have his brakes checked.  He said that he had just tried to taxi from his tie down and his brakes would not release until he applied nearly full power.  

When he shut down, the mechanic and I saw that he was dragging his tail tie down rope.  A metal eyelet and some concrete was still attached to the other end.  

If I wasn't there when he landed, I wouldn't have believed it either.

[gsxrpilot]

Every owner will know speeds and manifold pressure settings for all situations.  This would include the inches of MP required to jump the chocks.

[Mooneymite]

If your takeoff seems lethargic even after you raise the gear and flaps.....check carb heat.  

[carusoam]

A new to him C152 driver has enough power to snap one tie-down rope and pivot around the other...

Meeting his new neighbor spinner to spinner.

That was probably a 100amu day for the new guy.

Lesson learned...  Always carry insurance for the unknown...

Best regards,

-a-

[bradp]

I helped my local flight school sell rides at an airshow.  The airshow featured the oldest surviving woman in America who was still flying.  She had this pristine red C140 tail dragger that she flew in.  There was a celebration and she gave a speech.  On the way out she taxied into a lancair at the hold short bars.  The lancair lost his tail.  Literally.  Nobody hurt.  High nose, low tail accident of sorts. 

Lesson: if ever asked to give a speech at a transportation event, Murhpy's law would suggest finding an alternative mode of transportation,

Apparently Edward Murphy was a real jerk. 

[Mooneymite]

On 5/22/2016 at 7:46 PM, Yooper Rocketman said:

Oh god, I did that once with a tail tie down.  Luckily no one saw me. 

I watched a Mooney owner briefly try to taxi while still attached to the earth at SUS.  What tickled me was how incredibly sheepish the pilot looked untying the tail.  It was if he was the first pilot in the history of aviation to ever do such a thing.  On the scale of "dangerous", staying tied in the chocks ain't that bad.  

[steingar]

If you're feeling an unexpected breeze and the plane is a few knots slow, you should land and secure the luggage door.

[Yetti]

If you don't replace the tops... fluids fall out...

[MooneyBob]

When you are practicing ILS approach and another plane is taking off in opposite direction he didn't hear and see you because your frequency is 127.2 instead of 122.7. 

[PTK]

Don't forget to unsuspend upon reaching the altitude of an altitude leg on a DEP procedure!

[bradp]

Don't forget to look down on the downwind at traffic pattern altitude - there might be a Baron overtaking you from below. 

[carusoam]

Something I learned about here...

Always check GS with airspeed in the traffic pattern.  The GS should be less than AS on final approach...

Sometimes, that wind sock is going to be hard to see.  Especially when the wind is right down the runway.  

With some weather systems you can take off into the wind, come back an hour later, the wind has gone 180°.

It never gets easy.

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

Anthony, I've flown 10nm in the Alabama flatlands, departing on 31, flown NW and had to circle around and landing on 13. 

I like to check Airspeed vs Groundspeed on downwind, it's easier to change directions. 

[Mooneymite]

If you're airborne wondering if you have enough fuel....you don't.