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Originally Posted by Jamie Mac
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That isnt funny, that exact situation happened to me back in school. It was on a smaller scale though, the aircraft was a Kingair, it hit a smaller Ground Power Unit (GPU). I was inside the aircraft went it happened. We had the aircraft chocked and the wings tied to the ground, ran it up to 100% power for testing purposes then the left side wing tie down broke and we jumped the chock block and rotated right, into the GPU. The right wing was still secure. There was an FAA investigation and our teacher was fired.