Ever get your fingers caught in the ailerons?

[fastback]

I'm sure its happened to most at one time or another, but anyone get caught (like in a 172) and do some damage to their fingers?

No, but I fell off the jetbridge again at work today.

 

[LR60BOY]

I've never gotten a finger caught however, I have had that nice Cessna aileron trailing edge diamond pattern tattooed on my forehead more than once.

 

[transampilot]

At my old school there was a guy who was doing a run around, instead of a walk around on a 172. He checked the tire and came up real fast, smashed his noggin on the lowered flap edge. He had to be taken to the emergency room for stitches, and they had to fix the flap.

 

[Fedora]

Some words of advice. Don't ever "slam" flight controls around. If that was a good idea, we wouldn't need gust locks. Most pilot's worst nightmares are loss of control or in flight fire. Please don't tease the tiger.

 

[pgcfii2002]

No, but I've gotten soaked with water when checking under the ailerons on a damp, dewey morning.

 

[wmudriver]

Same thing happened to me...it left a nasty gash in my finger.

Me too, but that ******************** hurt. I'm glad I had my other hand holding the aileron up (so that my fingers wouldn't get crushed; it softened the blow) but my friend flung the other one up on the other side without checking...

Ow....

 

[Sunking]

I no sheet had a student that during his walk around ran into the aileron so hard it knocked him out! Sadly it was during his FED ride, Fed let him retry the following week. He learned to duck I guess because he passed. Still to this day he has a small diamond shaped scar on his forehead.

 

[kneeshoe]

Bumped my head on the wing spar of a 172 once during a pre-flight. Probably doesn't hurt as much as getting your finger caught in the aileron, but definitely had its impact on me.

 

[gkrangers]

I walked into the trailing edge of the flaps once too...

 

[Alin10123]

I slammed my head while sticking my head inside the door of a 172 to flip on the master switch and all of the lights. Many Q#@$(*&@# were screamed out and it HURT like @#%*#&$. It didn't swell up or anything. But it start bleeding. Luckily it was right on the hairline to the scar isn't noticeable even when i look for it. I went into the FBO to get a bandaid and some stuff for it and the FBO dude laughed at me. LOL, said he'd done it before too.