PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-627
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 627
FEBRUARY 2005
To install the door
safety device on the
aircraft, all you have to
do is insert the small
curved end behind the
door jettison lever and
into the small hole just
forward of the jettison
lever. And place the
large curved end around
the door jettison handle.
Since all aircraft
doors are not identical,
small adjustments to the
bend measurements
might be needed.
SSG Kimberly Webster,
San Antonio AASF
PS 627
FEB 05
36
Sergeant Webster,
Good job. Looks like you’ve got this
problem all hooked up. Keep it up.
UH-60A/L/HH-60L…
Dear Sergeant Blade,
We often have static displays of Black Hawks in our facility for visitors to
look at.
One problem though: the visitors are like Curious George. They touch, grab
and pull! Many of them pull the cockpit door emergency jettison handles.
This damages the door and the airframe, can injure spectators and cause a
lot of frustration for the crew, and unnecessary repair on the bird.
We’ve come up with a door safety device that will prevent the jettison door
handle from being pulled. It’s a hook-like device that goes around the handle
and the other end into an opening in the door. Here’s how to make the tool:
1.
Start with an 11-in piece of 30-gage wire rod.
2.
Make a 1 3/8-in diameter bend that’s approximately 2 1/4 inches from
one end. Cover with red heat shrink to make the small tool more visible.
3.
Make a 3/4-in diameter bend (in opposite direction of first bend)
approximately 1 1/4 inches from the other end.
4.
Attach a “Remove Before Flight” streamer before you attach the tool.
11 in
8 1/2 in.
11/4 in
21/4 in
Attach completed tool
and streamer to aircraft
Install like so
on jettsion
door handle
I sure am glad
they put this door
safety device on
me! These kids are
all over me like
white on rice!
That’s
the idea.
627.36-37(C)
12/24/04
2:44 PM
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