sba55
En-Route
We got the plane back from its annual today. The mechanic had been around the pattern in it, and everything seemed pretty good.
I decided to do a rather lengthy pre-flight since I was nervous about flying the plane (and right over water after takeoff) right after the annual. As I was about to check the oil, I felt (I'm too short to really see anything) something that isn't usually there. It felt like some tubing of some sort, and I figured that it had most likely just shifted.
Anyways, it only takes 30 seconds to open the cowling, and I was glad I did! Someone had forgotten some rather large pliers and they were sitting right there on top of the cylinders! The shop seemed more than embarrassed when I returned them
I'll never understand why these things happen. They ought to use a checklist before closing up the cowling....
-Felix
I decided to do a rather lengthy pre-flight since I was nervous about flying the plane (and right over water after takeoff) right after the annual. As I was about to check the oil, I felt (I'm too short to really see anything) something that isn't usually there. It felt like some tubing of some sort, and I figured that it had most likely just shifted.
Anyways, it only takes 30 seconds to open the cowling, and I was glad I did! Someone had forgotten some rather large pliers and they were sitting right there on top of the cylinders! The shop seemed more than embarrassed when I returned them
I'll never understand why these things happen. They ought to use a checklist before closing up the cowling....
-Felix