Re: VIDEO: Sea King tailrotor failure during landing on a ship

[Gord Beaman]

"Steve R." > wrote:

>Yup, got that one. It's been around for a while. The darn tail just
>couldn't hang in there for 30 more seconds! I'm assuming that the pilot got
>the throttle rolled off? Do turbines take as long to spool down as they do
>to spool up?
>
>Fly Safe,
>Steve R.
>
>
>"Iwan Bogels" > wrote in message
...
>> On 05 September 2002 a US Navy Sea King of the Bahrain based HC-2
>> detachment
>> "Desert Ducks" suffered a tailrotor failure during the very final stages
>> of
>> a deck landing abord a ship. The helicopter started spinning and flipped
>> over on its side when it hit the deck. Within seconds the Sea King slid of
>> the deck and plunged into the water, but fortunately according to my
>> information all five aboard survived without major injuries.
>>
>> This video will show you just how quickly things can turn nasty when you
>> experience tailrotor problems.
>>
>> http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm
>>
>> For the aircraft spotters reading this: UH-3H Sea King, BuNo 149684 and
>> coded HU-744
>>
>>
>
Anyone know if Dappa archives these weekly choices? I really
liked last week's with the light one landing on the car...
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[Iwan Bogels]

It's on its way to you via email...... :-)

Cheers,

Iwan
DAPPA





"Gord Beaman" > schreef in bericht
...
> "Steve R." > wrote:
>
> >Yup, got that one. It's been around for a while. The darn tail just
> >couldn't hang in there for 30 more seconds! I'm assuming that the pilot
got
> >the throttle rolled off? Do turbines take as long to spool down as they
do
> >to spool up?
> >
> >Fly Safe,
> >Steve R.
> >
> >
> >"Iwan Bogels" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On 05 September 2002 a US Navy Sea King of the Bahrain based HC-2
> >> detachment
> >> "Desert Ducks" suffered a tailrotor failure during the very final
stages
> >> of
> >> a deck landing abord a ship. The helicopter started spinning and
flipped
> >> over on its side when it hit the deck. Within seconds the Sea King slid
of
> >> the deck and plunged into the water, but fortunately according to my
> >> information all five aboard survived without major injuries.
> >>
> >> This video will show you just how quickly things can turn nasty when
you
> >> experience tailrotor problems.
> >>
> >> http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm
> >>
> >> For the aircraft spotters reading this: UH-3H Sea King, BuNo 149684 and
> >> coded HU-744
> >>
> >>
> >
> Anyone know if Dappa archives these weekly choices? I really
> liked last week's with the light one landing on the car...
> --
>
> -Gord.
> (use gordon in email)

[Yeff]

I've got a 9.91MB mpeg of a CH-46 (604 is painted on the side) landing on
the fantail of a ship before tipping over into the water. It looks like
the aircraft missed its initial touchdown point before trying to lift off
again for another try. The left rear wheel gets snagged and that pulls the
whole aircraft over and into the water.

I've no info on casualties nor the ship involved.

Anyone know the exact details of the incident I just poorly described? I
don't have a place to host the video but I can email it if you're
interested

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-Jeff B.
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[Thomas Schoene]

Yeff wrote:
> I've got a 9.91MB mpeg of a CH-46 (604 is painted on the side)
> landing on the fantail of a ship before tipping over into the water.
> It looks like the aircraft missed its initial touchdown point before
> trying to lift off again for another try. The left rear wheel gets
> snagged and that pulls the whole aircraft over and into the water.
>
> I've no info on casualties nor the ship involved.
>
> Anyone know the exact details of the incident I just poorly
> described? I don't have a place to host the video but I can email it
> if you're interested

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.military.naval/msg/de4b40cffad6da9a

and

http://www.forcerecon.com/ch46accident.htm

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[Gord Beaman]

"Iwan Bogels" > wrote:

>It's on its way to you via email...... :-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Iwan
>DAPPA
>
>
>
>
Got it!...thanks Iwan...keep up the -good work- !!
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[Gord Beaman]

Yeff > wrote:

>I've got a 9.91MB mpeg of a CH-46 (604 is painted on the side) landing on
>the fantail of a ship before tipping over into the water. It looks like
>the aircraft missed its initial touchdown point before trying to lift off
>again for another try. The left rear wheel gets snagged and that pulls the
>whole aircraft over and into the water.
>
>I've no info on casualties nor the ship involved.
>
>Anyone know the exact details of the incident I just poorly described? I
>don't have a place to host the video but I can email it if you're
>interested
>

Yes please Yeff...(note the hint in my sig)
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-Gord.
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[Gord Beaman]

"B4RT" > wrote:

>They spool down pretty quickly, but it doesnt matter much from a TR failure
>perspective. If you chop the throttle the needle split is almost instant. I
>think this helicopter's throttles are not located on the collective which
>might make the throttle chop more complex.
>
>Bart
>

Christ, are they ever lucky!...looked bad from here...did they
end up on some proturbance below flight-deck level? I don't know
ships very well...
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