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Happy Hoosier

(7,340 posts) Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:30 PM Apr 2022

Ope! The back fell off.

Amazing that the reports are that the crew survived (and was presumably captured).

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Ope! The back fell off. (Original Post) Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 OP

Hell of a shot. nt Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #1

O'Blast is right.... PCIntern Apr 2022 #2

LOL NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #3

Good pilot. haele Apr 2022 #4

I don't think it was autorotation.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #5

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

1. Hell of a shot. nt

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:32 PM

Apr 2022

PCIntern

(25,559 posts)

2. O'Blast is right....

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:34 PM

Apr 2022

Happy Hoosier

(7,340 posts)

3. LOL NT

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:48 PM

Apr 2022

haele

(12,661 posts)

4. Good pilot.

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:48 PM

Apr 2022

Held it together while autorotating down.
The crew would probably need medical attention, that was going to be a hard landing.

Haele

Happy Hoosier

(7,340 posts)

5. I don't think it was autorotation....

Reply to haele (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 12:57 PM

Apr 2022

You can hear the engine throughout the crash landing. Losing the tail boom would cause the helicopter to spin and affect trim, but so long as the pilot maintains his composure, he should retain enough authority and power to make a controlled crash.... so yeah... good work by the pilot there to not panic. It did look like a high sink rate, though, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were injured. No doubt the rotor blades disintegrated on impact.

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