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    Be careful on the ramp!

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 48MP Make/Model: HU36 Description: HUGHES 369D ROTORCRAFT
    Date: 06/06/2007 Time: 0550

    Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: None

    LOCATION
    City: TROY State: OR Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN HIS HEADSET CORD BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE SKID OF N48MP, A HUGHES 369D ROTORCRAFT; AS THE ROTORCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE GROUND, THE ENTANGLED CORD CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BE PICKED UP AND, WHEN THE CORD BROKE, DROPPED HIM INTO A TREE, NEAR TROY, OR

    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
    # Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
    # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk:

    WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Public Use Phase: Standing Operation: OTHER

    FAA FSDO: SPOKANE, WA (NM13) Entry date: 06/12/2007

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    haha thats a great photo... my buddies played a trick on me once, taking away the ladder while i was loading up the cargo hold on a EMB-145, i had to take a pretty big leap out of that thing!
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    Hmmmmmm I wonder if the markings on the ladder can help identify what carrier that 767 belongs to
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laxgoaly
    haha thats a great photo... my buddies played a trick on me once, taking away the ladder while i was loading up the cargo hold on a EMB-145, i had to take a pretty big leap out of that thing!
    i can relate, fell out of one due to that stupid metal flap... my hip hurt like hell for a week!
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    OUCH! that sounds painful, one of the worst falls i ever saw was one of my buddies was putting the engine covers on a GIV and slipped, he fell and hit his head on the wing, then slid off and fell on his back on the ground
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