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MD900 Explorer
29th Oct 2007, 16:56
R44 crashes into a fuel tanker (http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2072319.ece)
You wouldnt believe it, no explosion and the three onboard suffered non life threatening injuries.
http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00628/_frnth_y_jpg_628644s.jpg
The accident is believed to have happend at 13.00 LMT by Rudskogen i Østfold. Three taken to hospital, one by airambulance. A 42 year old man is believed to have extensive head injuries, but is in a stable condition.
http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00628/_br_d_jpg_628647a.jpg
The helicopter was operating in the area and landed on the tanker in a building site!!
http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00628/_tittel_jpg_628633a.jpg
The helicopter is believed to be owned by the Nordkapp company. The helicopter was being used as a photography platform. They were taking pictures for the local newspaper of the building site.
MD :=
SASless
29th Oct 2007, 16:59
Reckon the photographer had a Macro lens handy?:uhoh:
poor southerner
29th Oct 2007, 17:13
So you mean all the films where anything crashes even slightly at 5 mph into a tanker and you get a mini hiroshima are fiction ?:ugh:
HillerBee
29th Oct 2007, 18:55
And we can't even use a phone on the platform!!
You don't "park" your helo like that twice, and live to tell the tale! :\
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/5/51/516/516574/he1_1193666474.jpg
ShyTorque
29th Oct 2007, 21:11
Sometimes it's better to land a bit further away from the fuel.
topendtorque
29th Oct 2007, 21:17
The truck manufacturer has been handed a good line;-
"Built tuff to withstand those occasional hard knocks"
PPrude1234
29th Oct 2007, 22:06
Great PR for the fire extinguisher manufacturer too!
gizmocat
29th Oct 2007, 22:27
Looks like it's usually pretty windy around those parts, judging by the trees...
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4206/crosswindhg1.jpg
topendtorque
30th Oct 2007, 12:25
Downwind??
Eyewitnesses reports that the R44 was orbiting the site, then suddenly startet to spin around the rotors axis. (According to NRK TV-news today)
Tail rotor failure anyone?
manfromuncle
30th Oct 2007, 13:30
Downwind, slow, settled, over pitched. Who knows...
skadi
30th Oct 2007, 15:22
Another report from this accident:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2072751.ece
It seems, they didnt want to land near that truck, they were obviously on a photomission overhead this construction site.
skadi
rotorrookie
30th Oct 2007, 18:15
You don't "park" your helo like that twice, and live to tell the tale!
M609 what you meen "twice"???
He has done it one time now :E
MD900 Explorer
1st Nov 2007, 19:40
Great advert for the pro-helmet lobby me thinks...:sad:
M609
Something tells me this pilot won't be doing this type of parking again!
Quite amazing with all that spare open space around him, he had to pick the fuel tanker to park on. :E
MD :ok:
Lone fire extinguisher.."At least a suitably sized fire extinguisher is in the foreground to deal with the scene behind...":eek:
manfromuncle
1st Nov 2007, 20:19
In the 3rd picture, why does that bloke have his head in the tyre?
I think you have stumbled on the cause of the accident.. Maybe he's found the same pair of glasses that the pilot was looking for. :E
Heli-Ice
3rd Nov 2007, 09:01
The Volvo fuel truck gets 10 out of 10.
It is a real estate on wheels! :ok:
yawningdog
3rd Nov 2007, 23:20
I wonder if the cause of the accident has anything connection to the term Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness (LTE) which is caused by operating at very low speeds.
Robinson have made reference to the dangers associated with slow flight photography where the pilot can focus too much on the target, and not on the flying. I'm not a heli expert but here's a video that has been on other forums showing how LTE can occur and look like tail rotor failure.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qPA_gniL8&NR=1
johned0
4th Nov 2007, 07:58
OMG, it's like groundhog day.
Where's Nick L. :ouch: ;)
(Runs for cover)
John
:E Do you weckon thats L E T? :E
Loss of Effective Time.
The problem her is that the R-44 pilot (i`am bean told) was a 50-hour ppl-h pilot that was flying a photo mission := with 3 pax on board. He did find him self in a tail wind, 0 speed and the helicopter started spinning…he had not the experience to get him self out of the situation. :ugh::ugh::ugh:
topendtorque
5th Nov 2007, 09:55
Pekka
Oh my goodness
I do hope that if it was found to be a paid for job that the regulations are not too severe on him for that country.
He has had rather a hard knock already.:ugh::ugh::ugh:
tet