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View Poll Results: Have you ever caught a problem during pre-flight?
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Nope, never found any issues.
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Yes, only minor issues
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Yes, and once was an issue that could have cause major problems.
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Yes, and more than once I have caught major issues.
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10-19-2011, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 174
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Have you ever caught a problem during preflight?
So I was doing preflight this morning before going up for some spin training (non RV but forgive me) and I got to thinking...I wonder how often people catch problems during preflight. I'm just wondering what the hit rate is...not really trying to push any kind of agenda, just curious.
Just to be clear, I'm only talking about during the walk-around portion...not run up and control checks and stuff.
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10-19-2011, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 1,958
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Not an RV, but my preflight on the skyhogs I fly always includes a gentle up-down wiggle of the horizontal stabilizer near the root, on each side of the aircraft. I noticed some "squishiness" when squeezing the rib nearest the fuselage to give it a wiggle, which prompted further investigation. One of the bottom rib-to-skin rivets was smoking and could turn in its hole, so I grounded the aircraft.
Good thing, too, because upon disassembly the A&P found the horizontal stabilizer rib was completely cracked through. To date still not sure how it happened or how long it had been flying that way. Oh, and note the lack of primer on a certified aircraft that's over 30 years old

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Kurt W.
RV9A
FLYING!!!
Last edited by krw5927 : 10-19-2011 at 09:29 AM.
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10-19-2011, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 687
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1. C152 with a loose horizontal stabilizer
2. Propeller delamination on my RV4
3. B737-300 with bent fan blades
4. B767-300 with a major strut leak in main gear
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RV8 under construction
RV4 - Sold
United B777 FO, Chicago
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10-19-2011, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Azle, TX
Posts: 352
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Yes!
Over the years I've found low tires, bird nests, bugs/spider webs in vents/pitots, loose gas caps and (most embarassing) missing access covers following (my) maintenance. Just like the flying part; hundreds of boring inspections punctuated by terrifying discoveries.
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Bill Grant, A&P
8KCAB, M20G
RV-4: Fuselage controls
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10-19-2011, 09:35 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Posts: 199
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INSPECTION
I turned up a missing cotter pin once in a very important place. I was told to look for birds nests and it took over thirty years of flying to finally find one but it made all those pre-flights worth while. Collapsed nose strut bottom out but that was an easy one. I test the brakes too before even looking at the check list once inside and have had one of the pedals go to the floor on occasion.
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John D. Artz, EAA 71811, 100+ Young Eagle flts
Adopted Dave's 6A
MXL Ultralight, only bleeding after 3 landings
Scorpion Two Helicopter, big mistake
PA-28 and 210E Centurion
Last edited by Cadstat : 10-19-2011 at 09:52 AM.
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10-19-2011, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Posts: 2,053
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I force myself to walk around just to make sure I disconnected my tow bar.
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Tony Phillips
N524AP, RV 9 (tail wheel)
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10-19-2011, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Arroyo Grande, CA
Posts: 227
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T28--smashed elevator (by forklift)
H46--missing cotter pins in newly installed control arms to rotors
H46--milky transmission fluid in sight hole (analysis showed that someone poured milk into fluid)
H46--hand grenade with pin pulled in empty peanut butter jar under passenger seat
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Bob Marshall
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10-19-2011, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 233
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NO, But I have 1st hand knowledge of 2 dead stick landings in 2 different airplanes that would never have happened if a proper preflight had been done  Name and details witheld to protect the guilty 
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John Furey, RV7. Ohio
Life's Short...Fly Often!
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10-19-2011, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Tuttle, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,563
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob'sRV6A
. . .H46--hand grenade with pin pulled in empty peanut butter jar under passenger seat
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Now that is a find that must have a story behind it!
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10-19-2011, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Posts: 199
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Check the oil
Our flying club in college washed the planes every Sat morning. Someone would take it around the pattern to partially dry them and then towel completely. Only problem was the 150 was in for an oil change and in haste to build a few minutes of free flight time a student pilot didn't check the oil or the oil pressure gauge. He made pattern alt downwind without any oil then 'landed' (sank) in a lake and survived but good bye Cessna 150.
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John D. Artz, EAA 71811, 100+ Young Eagle flts
Adopted Dave's 6A
MXL Ultralight, only bleeding after 3 landings
Scorpion Two Helicopter, big mistake
PA-28 and 210E Centurion
Last edited by Cadstat : 10-19-2011 at 11:37 AM.
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