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NEVER AGAIN
and I stepped on each other while trying
to communicate immediately afterward.
I called him back on the radio and said he
could cancel my clearance. He asked if I
was OK, to which I responded that I was
fine. I shut everything down and exited
the airplane with that same flashlight that
had broken my flow.
There were parts from the tug lying
on the ground next to the hangar, along
with significant scarring on the hangar
siding where those parts had struck. The
force with which they hit was obvious.
The prop was destroyed, and there was a
slight crease in the front nosewheel door.
Otherwise, the airplane was unscathed.
How the left wing avoided any damage, I
have no idea. I would later discover that
some of the tug parts were on top of the
hangar and even on the ground on the
opposite side of the building.
The tower called the medevac office
located right beside my hangar. One of
the guys came over to see what happened.
I knew immediately
when the first blade hit
what had happened,
but it was too late.
He helped me put the airplane back in the
hangar, doing his best to make me feel a
little better given the circumstance. It
was a gracious gesture from a fellow pilot
who understood what I was feeling at the
moment. We buttoned everything up, and
I sat down in my truck to decide what to
do next.
I had never been in any type of accident in which damage was done. I was
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in complete shock. I was mad at myself.
I was embarrassed. I was scared to death
of what it was going to cost to fix. And, as
you may recall, I had a meeting at 9 a.m.
in Kansas City. I called an airline to book
a 6 a.m. flight from Dallas to Kansas City.
It was now almost 10 p.m. I had a threehour drive to Dallas ahead of me, so I hit
the road. I made the meeting with exactly
zero sleep. Somehow, it went great.
Two major lessons came from that
night. First, never break the flow you are
accustomed to when preparing for a flight.
Second, a new item has been added to that
preflight flow-walk around the front of
the airplane prior to boarding.
AOPA
Ty Flippin is an instrument-rated private
pilot with 23 years of flight experience. He
and his family live at an airpark and own
an American Legend Cub.
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