"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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On 30 Mar 2006 15:19:36 -0800, wrote:

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

1st one looks like a tail rotor strike or failure as the tail rotor
isn't spinning after the 1st half turn. Wonder what happened to the
crew member who bailed/got ejected.....

2nd one was pure pilot error.. Came in too fast and too low, got hung
up and executed a perfect dynamic rollover.

3rd one appears to be tail rotor failure.

2nd & 3rd vids, I've seen before. I've got them saved. The 1st is new to
me and very impressive. I don't get the impression he had a tail strike but
obviously a tail failure. He rolled pretty badly and was able to right the
helicopter (something I wouldn't have thought possible) and managed to keep
it level for a revolution or so before rolling it again and finally
contacting a main blade with the ground.

I never got the impression that he cut power. Did he freeze on that or does
it take that long for a turbine to wind down? I have watched turbines do
hovering throttle chops and it didn't seem like they took that long to power
down but I don't know if that's true of all machines.

Just wondering.

Fly Safe,
Steve R.