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magneto and start the engine, as this unlucky pilot
discovered:
The airplane had been having difficulty starting…
The battery had just been replaced. I tried to start the
engine without success and got out to adjust the prop. I
neglected to turn off the magnetos and when I moved
the propeller, the engine started. The prop hit me on the
head and right elbow. I was hospitalized for 5 days.
The incident could have been prevented if I had been
certain I turned off the magnetos.
Any pilot hand-turning a prop should make sure the
magnetos are in the OFF position. In addition, handpropping
is never a one-person job. A second person is
always needed in the cockpit to apply brakes.
Legally Armed – And Dangerous
ASRS hears occasionally about passengers who are legally
authorized to carry weapons on board aircraft, but who
may not be up to the serious responsibilities involved. A
recent report from an air carrier Captain explains:
During preflight preparations, a properly identified
employee of [government agency] presented herself to me in
the cockpit to identify herself as an armed passenger. She
expressed some apprehension about the flight because of
(innocuous) comments made by the gate agent about the
extra fuel we were taking on board for the longer than
normal flight, due to unusually strong headwinds. I
assured her that there was nothing to be concerned about.
After she left the cockpit, my First Officer, who had had a
better view of her…than I had, expressed concern to me.
The armed passenger … was physically shaking, obviously
because of her fear of flying.
I had her brought back to the cockpit, where I told her I had
serious reservations about carrying an armed passenger
who wasn’t in complete control of herself. She said that her
travelling companion had arrived, that [the companion]
had a calming effect, and that she would be OK. Since she
did appear to have calmed down at least some, we departed
with her aboard.
During the flight, the Lead Flight Attendant commented
more than once, that our armed passenger, while calmer
than at the beginning, was still obviously nervous.
If confronted with similar circumstances in the future, I
will not carry an armed passenger who is not in full control
of him/herself…
As this crew discovered, armed passengers gripped by the
fear of flying may not exercise the best judgment. Other
flight crews who find themselves in this situation have
the option of requiring the armed passenger to unload and
check the gun as cargo, or if the nervous flyer refuses, to
deplane both passenger and weapon.
“A Gaping Hole
in Security Procedures”
In March 1998, CALLBACK reported an incident
involving a legally armed passenger – another whiteknuckle
flyer – who left his gun and holster in the aircraft
lavatory during flight, where it was later discovered by a
flight attendant. In a similar incident reported to ASRS,
the forgetful passenger was not nervous – just
inexcusably careless:
We got the paperwork at the gate for an armed
individual traveling alone… His agency was listed as a
government agency… He explained he was a special agent
with the government agency and was transporting
evidence. After leaving the aircraft at [destination], I was
approached by several flight attendants who explained
they had found a gun in a
seatback pocket. It was the
government agency guy’s
piece [gun] – still in its little
black waist pouch. The
[gate] agent was busy paging
this guy to come back to the gate. I do
not know if he ever came back for it.
We have a gaping hole in our security procedures. We have
lots of controls in place to [prevent] getting a weapon onto
the airplane, but nothing to ensure that it gets off the
airplane! Thank goodness it was found by a crew member.
Perhaps we should have a procedure in place to have the
individual show the piece [gun] or confirm to the crew on
their way out that they have it. It is not very hard to
imagine a passenger with that gun on the next flight of the
airplane. Also, an authorized weapons carrier could
intentionally leave it hidden on a place for a coconspirator
to use on a later flight, and we would never
know, since we have no way of checking that the [gun]
made it off the airplane with the person.
More on “Mechanics
of the Human Mind”
An article in the February issue of CALLBACK
(#248) described a GA pilot’s disorientation during a
gyro failure in instrument weather conditions.
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