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Men escape serious injury after tricky landing at airport in Perth - 9news.com.au (http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/02/13/19/03/helicopter-emergency-at-jandakot-airport)
Today. No injuries.
onetrack
13th Feb 2017, 12:05
Heavy landing is a bit of an understatement. If you land and knock off a large chunk of tailboom, isn't that more correctly called a crash?
Perth Now - Helicopter crash at Jandakot airport (http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/breaking-helicopter-crash-at-jandakot-airport/news-story/b1378b050d856a7b13a51a8182836291)
skadi
13th Feb 2017, 12:55
Heavy landing is a bit of an understatement. If you land and knock off a large chunk of tailboom, isn't that more correctly called a crash?
Perth Now - Helicopter crash at Jandakot airport (http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/breaking-helicopter-crash-at-jandakot-airport/news-story/b1378b050d856a7b13a51a8182836291)
The impact caused the rear tail to snap causing a fuel leak.
Didn't know that there is fuel in the tailboom...:p
skadi
chopjock
13th Feb 2017, 19:26
onetrack
If you land and knock off a large chunk of tailboom, isn't that more correctly called a crash?
I think you are absolutely right, it isn't more correctly called a crash. :D
Brian Abraham
14th Feb 2017, 08:05
Definitions used are at times interesting. One I love in official reports is the categorisation of damage being "substantial", when the largest piece left you could put in your pocket. The following is an "incident" as filed on the NTSB report by the owner.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/16/08/343AF15600000578-3592412-image-a-21_1463384610298.jpg
gulliBell
14th Feb 2017, 12:46
Suspect nothing much to learn from this prang....maybe the instructor will be invited to coffee with the CFI.
Hughes500
14th Feb 2017, 16:22
Gulli
Do you not mean an interview WITHOUT coffee:ouch:
gulliBell
14th Feb 2017, 20:47
Yes, of course...one of those invitations for coffee, but without the coffee. I suspect.
krypton_john
15th Feb 2017, 00:58
Sitting upright on skids but broken... hard landing.
Otherwise it's a crash!
gulliBell
15th Feb 2017, 04:40
Can't imagine the ATSB being too interested in this one...