Mechanic ingested- blame the pilots?
04-08-2008 | 05:07 PM
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Mechanic ingested- blame the pilots?
Hey guys,
Came across this one on another forum. It concerns the Continental accident where a maintenance engineer was ingested into an engine during a runup.
Some folks believe the pilots should be blamed. Others disagree. The only point of agreement is that it's a terrible death. Here are 2 links:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.461e7f3.html
http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_i...06FA056&akey=1
I'll open the floor to discussion. What do APC members think? Should the pilots be blamed? Let's keep the discussion civil please.
Came across this one on another forum. It concerns the Continental accident where a maintenance engineer was ingested into an engine during a runup.
Some folks believe the pilots should be blamed. Others disagree. The only point of agreement is that it's a terrible death. Here are 2 links:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.461e7f3.html
http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_i...06FA056&akey=1
I'll open the floor to discussion. What do APC members think? Should the pilots be blamed? Let's keep the discussion civil please.
04-09-2008 | 05:46 AM
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Continental has an ASAP and this accident was entered into the ASAP and there were no punitive actions taken against the pilots. This was bounced all the way up the chain and recently the FAA commented saying they agreed with the way the accident was handled.
From what I have read, the contract maint outfit did not have an ASAP, the outfit was fined, one mechanic had his licenses revoked and Continental was fined $45,000.
Terrible accident and lots of failures along the way.
There was another thread here a few days ago.
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