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#3504847 - 01/27/12 09:27 AM How not to hand-prop an airplane...
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http://qctimes.com/news/local/small-plan...1871e3ce6c.html

Doh! I hand propped a 172 once before when I had an alternator go out which resulted in a dead battery. I had the mechanic hold the brakes and it started.. I wouldn't do it again. With a J-3 or something..yeah.. But not a 172. And to do it alone in an airplane like that is just nuts..
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#3504861 - 01/27/12 09:33 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Solo hand propping is the Devil's playground!

Doesn't the 172 have locking brakes? One would think some chalks, a throttle at idle, and a locked brake would have prevented that.

I was reading an NTSB report of a pilot that solo hand propped a Cub with the throttle at max and no chalks - it went 200 yards before striking a building!
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#3504873 - 01/27/12 09:41 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Hand-Prop Accident FAA Training FIlm

http://youtu.be/AeTM-paAXCo


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#3504878 - 01/27/12 09:49 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Wheels, that is so full of AWESOME that it's EPIC.
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#3504895 - 01/27/12 10:12 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Glad you liked it Dart.

One thing I always wondered was how the relationship went after that little incident? biggrin


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#3504897 - 01/27/12 10:15 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Switch off! Contact!

Now just let me tuck my silk scarf inside my leather flying jacket, apply some wax to my moustache, and we'll be on our way into the wild blue yonder!

Cheers!

Rick... hahaha
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#3504949 - 01/27/12 10:51 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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was thinking the same thing Rick smile
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#3504983 - 01/27/12 11:29 AM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Great vid. Was anyone else screaming at the truck.."just run into the front of the damn airplane already"..
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#3505420 - 01/27/12 07:31 PM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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What do you want to bet it was their last date???
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#3505436 - 01/27/12 07:56 PM Re: How not to hand-prop an airplane... [Re: BeachAV8R]
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Originally Posted By: BeachAV8R
Great vid. Was anyone else screaming at the truck.."just run into the front of the damn airplane already"..



In a VW bus, No thanks. Prop would have cut it to ribbons in no time. If he would have caught up in time to catch
the tail. Someone could have had enough time jump in and pull the ignition off.

I`ll bet that poor guy who did it never tried or fly again. Talk about a life lesson that about killed you.
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