View Full Version : Mil helicopter crash Paraguay.
Tiger G
22nd Nov 2019, 09:06
Didn't see this one posted here ??
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=k3mmx_1574371754
Jimmy.
22nd Nov 2019, 09:52
I received some videos and posts.
https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/helicoptero-de-combate-ao-trafico-cai-na-fronteira-e-deixa-12-feridos
(https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/helicoptero-de-combate-ao-trafico-cai-na-fronteira-e-deixa-12-feridos)It's in Portuguese and a Google Translator tool can help you, but basically the UH-1 operated by the Paraguayan Air Force, in an anti-drug operation near border with Brazil. Engine failure, 12 on board and no fatalities (based on the Fuerza Aerea Paraguaya post below).
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/720x982/20191122_075114_725db1c727de758848562c7809739f58da63ec40.jpg
Flying Bull
22nd Nov 2019, 17:34
Well, watching the video, it really doesn't look like an engine failure...
Flying close to the ground - probably looking for a landing spot, turning, when a jerk goes through the helicopter - like it is hitting something with a skid - crashing
Silvio Pettirossi
22nd Nov 2019, 17:57
Nearby Airport SBPP metar :
SBPP 212000Z 15014KT 9999 SCT025 35/15 Q1010
SBPP 211900Z 21002KT 9999 SCT030 35/12 Q1011
Quite warm indeed, at an elevation of around 2000ft that translates into an density altitude of around 5000ft. Reportedly they had 12 POB and around 350kg of fuel.
What kind of loads can a UH1 of this series lift at this conditions?
Jimmy.
22nd Nov 2019, 19:38
Well, watching the video, it really doesn't look like an engine failure...
Flying close to the ground - probably looking for a landing spot, turning, when a jerk goes through the helicopter - like it is hitting something with a skid - crashing
I agree. Or a pedal or collective input with little to no power reserve, loss of NR and no height available to manouver and subsequent crash.
The engine failure information came from the Paraguayan Air Force post (actually "engines" failure in the post...).
Jimmy.
22nd Nov 2019, 19:46
https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2019/11/22/cameras-de-seguranca-registram-momento-em-que-helicoptero-cai-sobre-telhado-de-fabrica-no-paraguai-video.ghtml
Video from the factory's security cameras.
Flying Bull
22nd Nov 2019, 20:43
Jimmy could well be spot on, watching the surveillance videos 😩
heliduck
22nd Nov 2019, 23:13
Dynamic rollover - still moving sideways to the left when the right skid contacted the roof initiating the roll. VERY lucky for all to survive!
malabo
23rd Nov 2019, 01:17
Dynamic rollover
Unfriendly flying, beating the **** out of a compound. I’m sure those inside were intimidated by the tapping of the blades on the roof. Looked to me like the blades were already way coned, yawing right, descending -signs of overpitching and rpm loss- before the gear inevitably snagged something. And crazy maneuvering in a limited power helicopter, everything wrong that we teach not to do. Must be a Brazilian military thing. Darwin.
Jimmy.
23rd Nov 2019, 02:46
Must be a Brazilian military thing. Darwin.
Paraguayan Air Force.
Jimmy.
23rd Nov 2019, 03:03
Jimmy could well be spot on, watching the surveillance videos 😩
More than 650NM away, fortunately. :E
Hot and Hi
23rd Nov 2019, 08:25
Running out of power. Over pitching. RRPM droop. Nose turns to the right as TR loses effectiveness.
The inherent risk of the often preached flat approach.