Now That's a Nice Propeller. Whoops, Lost My Hand.

[46Tbird]

What kind of plane was it? I'm just wondering where the prop was related to the door. Did she have to walk around a wing first?

It was a small high-wing light aircraft. She had to open a door and walk around a wing strut / landing wheel fairing but did not have to walk completely around the wing.

Apparently she was walking to the front of the plane to thank the pilot.

[GhostTX]

What kind of plane was it? I'm just wondering where the prop was related to the door. Did she have to walk around a wing first?

[dblack1]

NP and PA are much more similar than NP and RN, fwiw.

Not really. I'm just a RN and don't know much having worked around both and all, but from the education to the field, they are very much different.

He was saying which was a higher form of another, EMT-Paramedic RN-NP. You cannot become a NP without first being a RN. You can become a PA in 2 years with a psychology degree.

[mikec]

Nice prop sticking out of the E. Wonder what that came off?

[helosailor]

On the news, they said that she had an interest in aviation. I guess she didn't catch (or did) the part about the big, fast spinning thing that makes the airplane fly.
Either way, remember kids...

[ceyko]

I think some of fail to see is that she, One, just steped out of the plane and it was dark (viewing Christmas lights, that could only be done at night).
Two,Prop still spinning so you would not see it.
Three, A young girl.

IMO the pilot should not have let her leave the aircraft till the engine/engines were shut down and props stoped.


I willing to bet that the FAA will find the pilot at fault for this.

I'll agree/disagree.

23 is not a young girl, not like she should not have known.

Assuming the pilot did not say anything (which we don't know either way) he should have or someone doing the tours should have.

Part of the reason I'm not against a bulk majority of people enlisting. You tend to learn (be drilled on) a lot more responsibility/caution/common sense - that a lot of people don't seem to learn until later.

[mustang87]

I think some of fail to see is that she, One, just steped out of the plane and it was dark (viewing Christmas lights, that could only be done at night).
Two,Prop still spinning so you would not see it.
Three, A young girl.

IMO the pilot should not have let her leave the aircraft till the engine/engines were shut down and props stoped.


I willing to bet that the FAA will find the pilot at fault for this.

[ceyko]

I've not been up close and personal with various propellers like some people, but enough. I just don't see how this happens. As just a passenger you have no business near them in anyway imaginable.

I always treated plane props like it was a nasty disease and avoided them. The military is generally good about keeping passengers away from them too.

[71chevellejohn]

She looks rather plane to me.

[JP135]

No mental thoughts as to 'there's a knife spinning really fast close by'?

I hear ya. Prop, rotors, jet intake/exhaust have always been first/foremost on my mind anytime I'm around an aircraft.

When I was a kid, I heard about some distant relative who walked into the prop of a Corsair on the flight deck of a carrier during WWII. He didnt survive. That story horrified me as an eight year old and it still kinda freaks me out at 50.

[Whiteboy]

Kinda sad.

[Fern]

Munsoned.

[mikec]

Depends on the aircraft. One of the biggest ones is when exiting a twin prop airplane. People trying to walk under the wing, and there's tons of propwash/noise, but you just don't necessarily see the propeller if you're even remotely preoccupied.

You've flown probably a heck of a lot more than I so you've a great deal more experience, but I know that in the 15 or so times I've been up I have never once failed to think about those blades. Something about them instills great respect...

That said, when you think about what you see women do behind the wheel every day, I can see it and am really not surprised...

[GE]

So there's no prop wash? No discernible sound, made by a prop spinning? No mental thoughts as to 'there's a knife spinning really fast close by'?

Depends on the aircraft. One of the biggest ones is when exiting a twin prop airplane. People trying to walk under the wing, and there's tons of propwash/noise, but you just don't necessarily see the propeller if you're even remotely preoccupied.

[Cooter]

yes, there is... I ducked every time I got out of a helicopter even though I knew I was clear, and I stayed THE FUCK away from the tail rotor!!!!

I feel sorry for her, but man...