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Civil Air Patrol
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Safety Down Day
October 2010
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Thank you for your
participation!
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Ground Safety
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Ground Safety
 Minor incidents, such as hangar rash, are
costly: expensive to repair, aircraft
insurance goes up, resale value of the
aircraft goes down
 Result of inattentiveness and human
factor issues
 EASY TO PREVENT!
http://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/PREVENTING_HANGAR_RASH_104F158FE31AA.pdf
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Hangar Guidelines
•One of the best ways to
move an aircraft in and
out of a hangar.
•They are only guides
•Still your responsibility
to assure aircraft clearance
around obstacles (chairs,
tables, ladders, hangar
doors, etc.)
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Hangar Doors
•Bi-fold doors usually
contact the rudder or
props, upon opening or
closing
• Assure Door is fully
open when removing the
aircraft
• Best practice is to have
markers to demonstrate
full open and closed
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Fix Chocks’ Positions
•Double check chock
position before depending
on it to stop your aircraft
in the correct spot, when
pushing back
• Tail, wingtips need
clearance and its usually
only a couple inches
• An inch of misalignment
of chocks allows tail to
move several feet
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Guidelines
•Again, guidelines are just
that… guides
• Crews’ responsibility to
assure aircraft clearance
along the whole taxi path
http://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/hangar/
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Wing Walkers
•Not this kind
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Wing Walkers/Spotters
•Having eyes on all sides
of the aircraft
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“It takes less time to do a thing
right
than to explain why you did it
wrong!”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(American Poet/Educator)
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