21jan2015 video:...and BANG goes the main rotor of this Alouette 3...

[Stratofreighter]

Oops... :ouch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54G12oq1Dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54G12oq1Dk

See
ASN Aircraft incident 21-JAN-2015 Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale SA-316B Alouette III (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=173195)
for more details...

[315B]

Looks like the blades flexed during low G.
He was too aggressive with the nose up/down attitude.
Don't think the pilot will do that again in a hurry!
Recovery was rather stable as he managed to keep the airframe level :)

[air-bender]

Glad there were only "minor" injuries.... and also the helicopter only sustained."minor damage".
Yikes. Hate to see what majordamage would be!:ouch:

[Peter-RB]

I don't think the Pilot could have been more aggressive if he was fighting of a Polar Bear. what a tit head.., looks like God was working well for the crowd that day..!

[ShyTorque]

If you fly as if you're in a rigid rotor when you're not..... Hopefully no one got hurt!

[twinstar_ca]

wow.... :uhoh::eek:

[Ascend Charlie]

Looks like the blades flexed during low G.

No low g there, he was at 1 g in a hover, but when bowing to the crowd, he was making the nose go down while pulling the disc back - first time was OK, but with the extra momentum of the second nose down, the tail just got in the way. Silly boy.

Probably comes under the "Streaker's defence" - it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[John Eacott]

AC,

To keep the aviation content maybe Gareth Evans' defence when he was Attorney-General and sent the F-111 to photograph the Gordon/Franklin debacle, 'it seemed like a good idea at the time' :rolleyes:

Good old Biggles :p

[Self loading bear]

I am not completly up to speed with Angolan army justice but
if this pilot is send to jail for this, he now already knows prison rule nr 1:

Watch your back when you bow down.

Cheers SLB