Don W wrote in news:csdXf.7240
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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


Ugh!! those were ugly. The first one made me think that the
pilots should have just accepted a poor landing instead of
grabbing collective when the tail started to slew. If
they'd unloaded the rotor at that moment instead of loading
it way up, they would have been okay.

The second one was just waayy ugly. He needed to grab
collective, and didn't for some reason.

The third one looked like there was nothing the pilot could
have done. Best for him to just unload the rotor and put it
on the ground FAST.

Guess the moral of 1st & 3rd stories is that if you've got
the anti-torque to the floor, and its still going the wrong
way you better just unload the rotor if you're at all close
to the ground. It just gets worse from there.

In the second one, if you look closely, he caught a wheel in the net around
the flight deck. When he pulled collective, it tipped him over. The wheel
eventually pulled free, but too late to save it.

Dave in San Diego