The summer 2010 Navy and Marine Corps aviation maintenance safety magazine is available to for download here:
As usual this month’s articles include several first-hand experiences related to improper procedures and not following instructions. One incident in particular occurred during the servicing of the main landing gear on a stinger 500 aircraft. In an eagerness to get the job done an error was made assembling the landing gear causing the shrink rod behind the strut body to snap in half and wedge between the retract actuator and the strut. Mistakes happen and part of the learning process in the Navy is acknowledging the mistakes and learning from them in addition to sharing information so that others may avoid making the same error.
Another incident illustrating the potential hazard in not following procedures when working with tools is a sailor that had part of his thumb cut off while using a disc sander.
An $800,000 mistake could have been avoided by proper procedures and preparedness when an engine was operated with preservative oil instead of operating oil (MIL-L-23699)
There’s a list of the class “C” mishaps involving aircraft in the Navy from January 2 to June 1, 2010:
Included are FA-18′s where the door fasteners were improperly installed resulting in FOD. A follow me truck collision with an aircraft parked on the transient line and a stabilizer that was damaged after an aircraft was repositioned.
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