Omni EC225 incident - Macae 6th June 2012

[Variable Load]

A model helicopter EC 225 tipped over late on Wednesday at the airport in Macae during takeoff. According to information from the Union of Oil North Fluminense (Sindipetro / NF), the aircraft taxied to the airport, was with two crew, the copilot and the pilot had minor injuries, he was unharmed. No information about the causes of the accident. In August last year, four people died in a helicopter crash in the Campos Basin. According to a spokesperson for the Sindipetro / NF, the aircraft belonged to the company Omni and was taking off for testing to go through approval to operate in Petrobras. Minutes after the event, the directors Sindipetro / NF were at the scene. The advisory also said that initial reports are that the aircraft was new. On 19 August last year an Augusta AW139 helicopter model, the company's Senior Taxi Aereo, crashed in the Campos basin. The aircraft requested permission for emergency landing at the airport in Macae, but disappeared. After almost ten days of searching, the wreckage of the helicopter were taken from the sea, in Macae. The two crew and two passengers die, planning assistant coach Ricardo Leal de Oliveira, the technical inspection, João Carlos Pereira da Silva, the pilot and copilot Rommel Garcia Oliveira Pinto Haytzann Lauro.

Surely not another Super Puma lying on it's side :mad:

[SASless]

Being near to so much drink....you reckon they just get Tipsy?:E

[Epiphany]

Glad to read that it was only a model helicopter.

[Peter PanPan]

Here's a photo of the aircraft, apparently crashed after 3 attempts to land

http://www.diariodacostadosol.com/midia/noticias/25443/1339208830.jpg

Brand new aircraft..! :sad:

[industry insider]

The aircraft was brand new and had not even flown a revenue flight. Apparently it was still undergoing acceptance. Rolled over during taxy.

[rotorfan]

Rolled over during taxy.Having only flown skidded airframes, do wheels make this rolling over any easier or difficult? What application of controls would do it? I know what to do to dynamically roll over a S-300, for instance. Does a heavy, wheeled helicopter behave the same?

[zalopilot]

Its definitely not easy to roll them. It must of been a big problem or a huge mistake! Its good nobody is hurt.

[unstable load]

was with two crew, the copilot and pilot had minor injuries, he was unharmed
Who is the mystery "he" in this drama?:confused:

[HeliComparator]

Not that difficult to roll a super puma / 225. Full right pedal with cyclic slightly left of neutral with high vertical CofG (no pax, low fuel) will do it.

Just like many other possibilities for crashing a helicopter, if you put the controls in the wrong place you will crash! That is why we have training!

[SASless]

I prefer the Chinook.....one keeps all four feet on the ground with them!

[Soave_Pilot]

Not that difficult to roll a super puma / 225. Full right pedal with cyclic slightly left of neutral with high vertical CofG (no pax, low fuel) will do it.

And looks like they were just like that when it happened.

[Wizzard]

The aircraft is on it's side but the nose-wheel is nicely fore and aft.

Nose-wheel lock?

[farsouth]

The aircraft is on it's side but the nose-wheel is nicely fore and aft.


IIRC , I think the nosewheel self-centers with weight off the wheels (as the oleo extends)

[Shell Management]

Yes that is correct.

[212man]

What's the large 'box' attached to the port side? External liferaft?

[Tango123]

External fuel tanks, og cargo room. Whatever of these two it was bought with.

[HeliComparator]

Looking at the photo again I notice it seems to have rolled over to the right. That implies excessive left pedal (non-power pedal) and lots of right cyclic. The "rollover zone" is much smaller to the right, so they must have been trying quite hard!

[AS332L1]

They are external fuel tanks the machine has less than 10 hours on the clock:oh:

[ironchefflay]

A Super Puma can be blown over with a cross wind, so it cant be that hard!

Only been in country for couple of weeks. (end of may), EC will be pleased. another sale maybe! or at least a rebuild!