Originally Posted by
paco
30 ft tall thick trees would be my choice* - if you landed correctly (tail first) you would at least stay on top of them. If you break your arm going into water you wouldn't be able to open the door, training or not.
*Al Ascah at Remote Helicopters had done that 3 times in his career and always carried a length of rope after the first one.
Al Ascah…..great guy and one heck of a good pilot! Worked with him in France.
As to the video it is hard to see what happened at the bottom before and during the flare.
Anyone know why the engine failed…sounded like something broke with a big “thud”.
I had a very noisy catastrophic engine failure in a 206L at gross weight (Now Maximum Mass) …kinda got my attention…had to do a 270 from +- 700 agl to make a spot for a zero speed touchdown..0 wind hot day…bent the rear crosstube a bit.