View Full Version : Bell 407 Crash in Hawaii
KiwiNedNZ
9th Jun 2022, 09:55
From the looks of it a Bell 407 from Paradise Helicopters went down in Hawaii yesterday.
Bell 407 Crash (https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/06/09/emergency-crews-responding-report-helicopter-crash-hawaii-island/)
Lonewolf_50
9th Jun 2022, 20:12
A few pictures.
https://twitter.com/TheTomGeorge/status/1534779530442788864?s=20&t=5XskX5IQU5sO8dstLgrTdA
I don't think that will buff out. :uhoh:
malabo
9th Jun 2022, 22:02
Tour guys must know what they're doing, but I've always been spooked about flying down into a caldera. Couldn't be sure the engine would keep making power from the potential of inhospitable air composition. Not saying that was the case here.
SASless
9th Jun 2022, 23:05
All those fissures and raggedy lava rock also make any landing very dangerous...and if you had any forward motion at the end of an autorotation.....odds are it will not turn out well.
That is much the same for flying over Glaciers too....without the Lava Rock.
rotorrookie
9th Jun 2022, 23:45
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1124x885/284974560_390775919756758_3632576501069809703_n_475944fd61f7 7c2e09b0a3e402420e76e7847abc.jpg
Another 407 crashed last Saturday, link to news report (http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2022/06/bell-407gx-n98za-accident-occurred-june.html)
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1124x885/284974560_390775919756758_3632576501069809703_n_475944fd61f7 7c2e09b0a3e402420e76e7847abc.jpg
Another 407 crashed last Saturday, link to news report (http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2022/06/bell-407gx-n98za-accident-occurred-june.html)
Starting to look like a solo powered helicycle, needs more fill.
So the copters bingle in lava fields, and glaciers, and we like flying choppers, why? Hope they never bring in the question on medicals whether you fly choppers or not as a psych test. :}
SASless
24th Jun 2022, 03:43
Recent news.....Tail Boom was found over 700 feet from the main wreckage.
Questions focus upon the Tailboom attachment fasteners....as one appears to be missing if I read the article correctly.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/hawaii-tour-helicopter-crash-ntsb-report-details-moments-before-accident?dicbo=v2-d651fb5d94b8fb2b985e8f1f4f55c88e
helispotter
4th Dec 2022, 23:37
Note there is now a separate thread related to this accident titled "Bell 407 in-flight tail boom separation" started by Cyclic Hotline on 23 Nov 2022. But also adding link to ATSB report AIR-22-10 of December 1, 2022 here as it explains circumstances of tail boom separation as understood to date:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AIR2210.pdf