Re: Characteristic airplane injuries

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Jackson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank.  My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
> 
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
> 
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?

I've had my finger smashed a few times by the flap handle in an Archer
when retracting the flaps after landing. The handle has a tendency to
snap down toward the floor providing the pilot with a very painful
index fingertip hit if you forget to *ease* the handle down.