March-April 2023 - 26

DOM DISCUSSION
Eliminate FOD I
from Hangar to Ramp
Eliminate FOD with an open eye
and a few fool-proof techniques.
by Walker Jaroch
Jason Staver, director
of maintenance for
Elliott Aviation
ELLIOTT AVIATION
n this edition of Director of
Maintenance Discussion,
Jason Staver, director of maintenance
for Elliott Aviation
- Moline, IL, joins AMT to talk
about the dangers of and
how to prevent foreign object
debris and damage (FOD).
AMT: To start, let's define what FOD is
and isn't.
Staver: FOD is foreign object debris and
it occurs usually when someone's careless
or something falls apart on the aircraft.
AMT: What makes it so dangerous?
Staver: It can be ingested into an engine
and FOD out an engine. It can get stuck in
places where it's not supposed to be and
it could jam controls, it could do a lot of
things. We actually see a lot of FOD in the
floorboards of our aircraft. Just carelessness
of not keeping track of stuff and items falling
through into the belly of the airplane.
AMT: Can you share some examples what
damage caused by FOD can look like?
Staver: Well, it kind of depends on what the
foreign object is. If it goes through an engine,
it really doesn't matter what it is. It goes
through the engine and it just tears things
up. Beats up the compressor blades, if it gets
far enough in, it can actually chew up and
beat the internal part of the engine up too.
AMT: What are some of the more likely
kinds of FOD you've to run into?
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of March-April 2023

Consistency in Change
Industry Inspection
Manage Your Inventories in the New Supply Chain
Learn to Paint the Right Way
Get the Lead Out
A Military Mindset
Eliminate FOD from Hangar to Ramp
Bombardier Opens UK’s Largest Business Aviation MRO
Electronic Aircraft Records Make Good Sense
Reauth is Coming, Reauth is Coming
General Aviation is Fostering the Future of Aerospace
Do You Know Where Your Tools Are?
Products
Advertiser’s Index
March-April 2023 - 1
March-April 2023 - 2
March-April 2023 - 3
March-April 2023 - Consistency in Change
March-April 2023 - 5
March-April 2023 - Industry Inspection
March-April 2023 - 7
March-April 2023 - 8
March-April 2023 - 9
March-April 2023 - Manage Your Inventories in the New Supply Chain
March-April 2023 - 11
March-April 2023 - 12
March-April 2023 - 13
March-April 2023 - Learn to Paint the Right Way
March-April 2023 - 15
March-April 2023 - 16
March-April 2023 - 17
March-April 2023 - 18
March-April 2023 - 19
March-April 2023 - Get the Lead Out
March-April 2023 - 21
March-April 2023 - 22
March-April 2023 - 23
March-April 2023 - A Military Mindset
March-April 2023 - 25
March-April 2023 - Eliminate FOD from Hangar to Ramp
March-April 2023 - 27
March-April 2023 - Bombardier Opens UK’s Largest Business Aviation MRO
March-April 2023 - 29
March-April 2023 - Electronic Aircraft Records Make Good Sense
March-April 2023 - 31
March-April 2023 - Reauth is Coming, Reauth is Coming
March-April 2023 - General Aviation is Fostering the Future of Aerospace
March-April 2023 - Do You Know Where Your Tools Are?
March-April 2023 - 35
March-April 2023 - Products
March-April 2023 - 37
March-April 2023 - 38
March-April 2023 - 39
March-April 2023 - 40
March-April 2023 - 41
March-April 2023 - Advertiser’s Index
March-April 2023 - 43
March-April 2023 - 44
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