PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-623
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 623
OCTOBER 2004
PS 623
OCT 04
37
PS 623
OCT 04
36
All Aircraft…
p
reparing for a deployment? If you want information on how to lift and tie down
UH-1, CH-47, OH-58, UH-60 and AH-64 helicopters for transport by ship, air-
craft and semitrailer, a helicopter movement instruction CD is now available.
Get a free copy by filling out the Transportation Engineering Agency (TEA)
website publications order form. You’ll find it at:
You can order up to two copies. Your CDs should arrive within three weeks
after the date of your request.
If you have a fast connection, you can download the files on the CD directly
from
and click on Field Guidance
Pamphlets.
HH-60L/UH-60A/L…
M
echanics, bad habits are hard to break and can put your Black Hawk’s APU and
transmission oil cooler access door latches in harm’s way.
Here’s a scenario that’s bound to cause unnecessary repairs.
It’s time to perform maintenance on the oil cooler. You pop open the latches on the
access doors, swing ‘em back and let ‘em fall. Didn’t you hear that big BAM?!
Just like a javelin, the open latches punch holes in the engine cowling. And once
again, you’re guilty of leaving the latches open when they should be closed. Even if
you lay the doors back on the cowling gently, open latches can still cause damage. If
you step or kneel on the door you’ll hear a sickening
“Crunch!”
The door is a NO
STEP area.
Every time you
open
the
access
doors, always make it
a habit to lock the
latches back in place.
Open and close them
several times to get in
the habit of locking
them.
You’ll
be
amazed how quickly
your mind will make
the
two
actions,
opening and closing
latches, one action.
The answer to
unnecessary repairs
is getting in the habit
of doing things right
the first time!
Shipping Helicopters
An Open and Closed Latch
…you’d better
pop ‘em
closed
before laying
those doors flat!
if you’re shipping
out and you want
info on how to
pack your bird, get
the instruction cd.
Do not lay door flat with latches open
Don’t kneel
or step on
door
when you pop the
latches on my
access doors…
623.36-37(C)
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