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Never Again: Paper or Plastic?

AOPA Never Again

English - August 30, 2011 20:38 - 6 minutes - 6.02 MB - ★★★★★ - 210 ratings
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A mid-air encounter with a plastic grocery bag initiates a chain of maintenance headaches for a 2001 Cessna Skylane 182T pilot.

"About 50 feet above the runway a large white plastic bag. The prop immediately shredded the bag with seemingly no ill effects. However, at 400 feet, there was the unmistakable smell of burning plastic..."