Top Gear (South Korea) AH-1 crash

[Dunky]

I don't think this has already been posted, it's here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2013/feb/11/top-gear-helicopter-crash-video).

[skydiver69]

Wow...they take losing really seriously in Korea.

[Dysonsphere]

Hmmm the report should make intresting reading. Hope the pilot got out OK looked nasty but no fireball so might be OK>

[flydive1]

Happened in Arizona last year

WPR12LA107 (http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120217X34147&key=1)

[keesje]

So he wasted too much energy in that turn at that height?

[ORAC]

On board video...

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[brakedwell]

On board video indicates he landed in Australia :)

[radarlove]

WPR12LA107 (http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120217X34147&key=1)

[Trim Stab]

Onboard vid suggests aircraft roll control lost as there was no change in roll attitude during the last few secs. Or maybe the pilot fell asleep.

[ORAC]

Onboard vid suggests aircraft roll control lost as there was no change in roll attitude during the last few secs. Well that is in the pilot report at post 4 above. :hmm:

......The pilot stated that the next filming sequence, when the accident occurred, was to consist of a racing sequence with a Corvette. At 1205, they began a practice run/filming sequence that terminated at the start/finish line. The pilot initiated a right 150 to 180 degree turn reaching about 200 feet above the ground. He was attempting to neutralize the controls in preparation for a normal approach for landing when he realized the controls were "locked and unmovable in any direction." The pilot stated that the helicopter remained in the same rate of turn with the same collective pitch and cyclic input as when he had initiated the turn. The helicopter maintained the same arc through the turn and descent until it impacted the ground. The pilot further stated that he was reaching to activate the emergency hydraulic switch at impact.

[tonker]

At last a bit of Top Gear isn't obviously contrived, or aimed at brain dead pre pubescent teenagers who will always laugh at the "oh my, the caravans caught fire and exploded...again" sigh

[dead_pan]

Kim Il Clarkson does look a bit lost for words, doesn't he?

[TheWizard]

Or perhaps read the 4th post and note where this was filmed and who owns(ed) the Cobra?? :hmm: