3 very interesting Helicopter Landing Crash Videos

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3 very interesting Helicopter Crash Videos on one page.
I guess landing is most critical, or is it ? All accidents here
happened at the landing.
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/helicoptercrash.html

[DDAY]

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In article >, Juergen Nieveler
> wrote:

>> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/helicoptercrash.html
>
> The first one was already discussed here, IIRC - the consensus was that
> the tail rotor touched the ground during the flare maneuver.
>
> The Sea Knight in the second video seems to barely miss the landing pad
> and get caught in the net with one wheel assembly - he tries to take
> off again, but starts rolling towards the stuck wheel.
>
> The third one seems to be a malfunctioning tail rotor to me - there is
> no obvious reason why the helo suddenly starts to turn. Such a
> malfunction could have happened at any time during flight...

Does anybody have dates and details of these accidents?




D

[Dave in San Diego]

"DDAY" > wrote in news:8UYYf.599$sq5.389
@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> ----------
> In article >, Juergen Nieveler
> > wrote:
>
>>> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/helicoptercrash.html
>>
>> The first one was already discussed here, IIRC - the consensus was that
>> the tail rotor touched the ground during the flare maneuver.
>>
>> The Sea Knight in the second video seems to barely miss the landing pad
>> and get caught in the net with one wheel assembly - he tries to take
>> off again, but starts rolling towards the stuck wheel.
>>
>> The third one seems to be a malfunctioning tail rotor to me - there is
>> no obvious reason why the helo suddenly starts to turn. Such a
>> malfunction could have happened at any time during flight...
>
> Does anybody have dates and details of these accidents?

The second one was some time in the last five or six years, and happened off
the coast of Southern California. I'll see if I can find more details.

Dave in San Diego

[sebh]

Hi all,

The first one (Puma with police force) happened last year during GIGN
(french SWAT force) demonstration, in France.
The pilot touched down with the nose too high (limit is 15° pitch) and
damaged the tail rotor, hence the spin.

However the spin was not so bad at first, but having noticed that
something abnormal was happening the pilot tried to go into hover and
in the process applied more power to the rotor, worsening the spin into
a completly uncontrollable mess. The copilot took the controls to lean
the chopper to the side in order to "control crash" the aircraft.

You can see that one of the policeman gets ejected from the helicopter,
and then appears to be crushed by the leaning chopper. The actually
managed to dive into a nearby gully and saw the tail rotor passing
right over him during he crash. He survived with a broken arm. I
personnaly think he's used up all his lucky points for the next 30
years...

In the end, no fatalities in that one, just a few injuries, and a big
scare.

The reaction of the pilot (try to hover after a shock or something
stranged has happened) seems to be the common mistake of these 3
accidents. They all try to hover and assess the situation and make the
situation much worse doing so. Maybe they should just slam the thing on
the deck and hope for better?




Dave in San Diego a écrit :

> "DDAY" > wrote in news:8UYYf.599$sq5.389
> @newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:
>
> > ----------
> > In article >, Juergen Nieveler
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>> http://www.jumpingpixels.com/helicoptercrash.html
> >>
> >> The first one was already discussed here, IIRC - the consensus was that
> >> the tail rotor touched the ground during the flare maneuver.
> >>
> >> The Sea Knight in the second video seems to barely miss the landing pad
> >> and get caught in the net with one wheel assembly - he tries to take
> >> off again, but starts rolling towards the stuck wheel.
> >>
> >> The third one seems to be a malfunctioning tail rotor to me - there is
> >> no obvious reason why the helo suddenly starts to turn. Such a
> >> malfunction could have happened at any time during flight...
> >
> > Does anybody have dates and details of these accidents?
>
> The second one was some time in the last five or six years, and happened off
> the coast of Southern California. I'll see if I can find more details.
>
> Dave in San Diego