Taking a Turn Looking Out for Each Other,
The Naval Safety Center's commander speaks about the safety mission.
RAdm. Dick Brooks
Leaning Toward Heeding Maintenance
Cautions, When an aircraft almost
falls off a jack, the maintenance officer reflects on his team’s failure
to follow listed warnings.
LCdr. Keith Jones
PON-6 Confusion, The idea seemed great: Paint a PON-6 one color and
second unit a different color to avoid filling an aircraft with the wrong
fluid. That plan didn’t work.
Lt. Darrin Mullins
Canopy Capers, Maintainers often have to reach over a canopy rail, and
that maintenance method wouldn’t be a problem if other maintainers
checked the rail before closing canopies.
Lt. Justin Hendrickson
Highlights From the First Maintenance Safety
Symposium, Many
interesting topics were discussed at this gathering of aviation safety
professionals in Norfolk, Va.
Dan Steber
The Wrong Way to Get Things Done, Maintenance dets always face some
unforeseen problem, but this one was worse than most.
AD2 Kenneth Eaglin
Towbars Need TLC, The yellow or white metal tubes used to tow aircraft
easily can be broken. A few tips are offered to eliminate this hazard.
Jim Fountain and AS1(AW) Juan Herrera
Living With My 70K Mistake, Towing an
engine out of a hangar might sound like an easy task, but problems arise
when a few obstacles, a shortage of helpers, and a can-do attitude get in
the way.
AD1 Joan Diaz |
A P-3C Flap Delivers a Knockout Punch, An experience supervisor loses
sight of a ladder and Thinks the coast is clear. The ladder finds a moving
flap, and the rest is history.
AM2 Greg Tucker
Who’s Afraid of MFOQA?, The latest system in aircraft and engine
monitoring shouldn’t scare maintainers and appears to offer invaluable
help.
Dan Steber
Tasks Aren’t Always as Simple as They Seem, Removing a panel that is
stuck to the airframe can be a challenge and can cause damage.
AM2(AW) Randy Wade
Air Wing Toolbox: The Benefits of Modern Goggle
Technology, Flight-deck
goggles haven’t changed much in almost 40 years. This author shares how
that dated technology has changed.
Peter French
Mishap Stats
Survey Spotlight: Hunting Down Maintenance
Malpractice, This senior
chief has seen a lot of good and bad maintenance practices, and he shares
one incident that clearly was ugly.
ASCS(AW/SW) Joseph Funderburk
Good, Bad and Ugly (not yet avail), A short collection of
stories and photographs from around the fleet.
Work Zone (not yet avail), An informational sheet to raise awareness
and to give clear steps to prevent damage to equipment and injury or death
to Sailors and Marines.
Bravo Zulus
VS-24, VP-47, HM-15, HSL-46, HSL-42 Det 2, VAQ-138, VAQ-135, NSAWC Fallon,
VMR-1, HSL-43 Det 4, and VFA-37.
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