r1830
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A captain I flew with on the Dash 8 had to use the lavatory when he was on the ground at a small airport with no ground power or APU. The number 2 engine was running, but in feather the secondary bus is not powered which means no lights in the lav. He grabs the flashlight from the flight deck to use the facilities. Trying to do his business in the cramped lav and hang onto the flashlight at the same time proved to be difficult. The flashlight slipped out from underneath his arm and went through the flapper valve into the blue juice below. The funniest part is having to write it up a lost flashlight in the logbook so it could be replaced. And funnier still is when Maintenance went to retrieve it an hour and a half after it happened, the flashlight was still on and there was a blue glow coming from the inside the can.
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