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Debate: chalking tires on a Cessna 172 vs. chocking them on a Gulfstream
Back in 2018 at my first job at a small FBO in Wichita, we always chalked the mains on everything from Pipers to Citations. Now I'm at a corporate hangar in New Jersey and the lead mechanic insists on chocking the nose wheel and the mains on the Gulfstream G450. It's way more stable but also slower to set up. He says the old way risks the nose gear slipping if the brake releases. Which method do you guys trust more for bigger jets, and has anyone actually seen a plane roll with just mains chalked?
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casey84311d ago
Why would you risk it on a big jet when chocking all three wheels is barely extra work? I've seen a Gulfstream rock hard enough on a windy day that just mains would've been a bad bet. Nose gear chocks are cheap insurance for a multi-million dollar airplane.
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joel_young10d ago
Read a report where @casey843's scenario actually happened on a parked 737 last year.
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