Helicopter crash caught on tape

[Balog]

Apparently Top Gear has a Korean spin off. One of the segments was a race between a Huey Cobra and a ZR-1 vette. After the race the chopper pilot misjudged his altitude aqnd augered in. Thankfully no one was hurt, but it is impressive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsoWpTO2qg

[RevDisk]

Yep. Lost altitude awareness and crunched in. OUCH, that was one expensive landing.

With helicopters in ground effect, you can caught where your rotors are sucking you down. Adding more power only draws you down. You have to go forward to "break suction".  Not the case here. Pilot error...

Glad he's ok.   

[Devonai]

Ouch is right!

In the combat flight simulator of which I'm so fond, it is often a challenge to remember which aircraft have the elevator authority to pull you through a split-S at 3,000' AGL.

I have a terrible memory.

[agricola]

in the real Top Gear, Clarkson would have shot it down

[vaskidmark]

The people are in Korea, speaking Korean.  And they put subtitles in Korean? 

stay safe.

[RocketMan]

I think that helicopter sequence was shot in SoCal or AZ someplace judging by the non-Korean pilot and the landscape.

[kgbsquirrel]

*wince*


ETA: Comment about an NTSB report, WPR12LA107, hydraulic system failure?

[kgbsquirrel]

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120217X34147&key=1


On March 01, 2012, at 1220 mountain standard time, N197LE, an experimental exhibition Bell AH-1F helicopter experienced a flight control malfunction while maneuvering and impacted the ground at Coolidge Municipal Airport (P08), Coolidge, Arizona. The helicopter was operated by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and Museum Inc. under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot and mechanic received minor injuries; the helicopter sustained substantial damage.


The pilot initiated a right 150 to 180 degree turn reaching about 200 feet above the ground. He was attempting to neutralize the controls in preparation for a normal approach for landing when he realized the controls were "locked and unmovable in any direction." The pilot stated that the helicopter remained in the same rate of turn with the same collective pitch and cyclic input as when he had initiated the turn. The helicopter maintained the same arc through the turn and descent until it impacted the ground. The pilot further stated that he was reaching to activate the emergency hydraulic switch at impact.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

impact absorbing seat mounts are a very good thing

[Boomhauer]

impact absorbing seat mounts are a very good thing

Indeed.

I love flying in helos but there is so much that can go wrong with them it's scary as hell if you think about it.

So I try not to think about it!

[makattak]

The people are in Korea, speaking Korean.  And they put subtitles in Korean? 

stay safe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cy6A4E2f00

These people are in America, speaking English. And they put the subtitles in English?

[MillCreek]

Ouch is right!

In the combat flight simulator of which I'm so fond, it is often a challenge to remember which aircraft have the elevator authority to pull you through a split-S at 3,000' AGL.

I have a terrible memory.

Which simulator is this, may I ask?

[CNYCacher]

Indeed.

I love flying in helos but there is so much that can go wrong with them it's scary as hell if you think about it.

So I try not to think about it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7u8m0Qpn38

[Devonai]

Which simulator is this, may I ask?

Aces High:

http://www.hitechcreations.com/