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Old 25th August 2003 | 20:08
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RDRickster
 
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From: Gaithersburg, MD
Thumbs up Look no farther than here...

http://download.consumptionjunction....a/cj_13965.wmv

You will see an amazing crash of a fixed wing pilot (supposedly w/ 500 hours) who thought he could easily fly a helicopter. He purchased this ship that day and wrecked it within seconds... all of it caught on this video. Can 1st time student land a helicopter? - not going to happen! Maybe with a run-on landing you will minimize the force of roll-over, which will surely happen. Most likely, the student will panic and yank up and down on the collective like the fixed wing pilot did in this video.

Here is the NTSB report of this incident:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...13X30727&key=1

Last edited by RDRickster; 25th August 2003 at 22:16.
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