Am I the only one who sees new guys skipping the final torque check on engine mount bolts?

I watched a kid at our hangar in Phoenix just slap a wrench on them last week, and it matters because that vibration over 500 flight hours will find ANY slack and cause a world of hurt, so how do you all drill that into the fresh hires?

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lilyfisher13d ago

My buddy’s Cessna needed new mounts at 600 hours.

lisa67113d ago

Sounds like he got lucky they lasted that long.

riley_king166d ago

Yeah @lisa671, that's a good point. Some of those older engine mounts get really brittle. Saw a set come off a 172 at annual that were basically dust.