R44 crash with pics

[Rotordent]

Today a R44 crashed after take off in a lake. Gladly no injuries or worse .
Interesting pics of the accident.
RTV Oost - Nieuws: Helikoptercrash De Lichtmis in 5 foto's

[krypton_john]

Amazing photos, especially this one:



Anyone know the story behind this?

[Carbon Bootprint]

Actually, I found the first photo more intriguing, with the door hanging open and the craft nearly vertical nose-down. Was the door a factor? Agreed, it would be nice to know more.

[Matari]

Here's a news video with a good still shot of the R44 head on, door open, and pilot at the controls.

Scroll to 00:27 - 00:28.

http://appmedia.rtvoost.nl/video/lo/190031.mp4

[topendtorque]

and pilot at the controls

'passenger' perhaps?

[Matari]

Well, it's a guy with a cyclic and collective in his hands, but he may be just along for the ride.

[krypton_john]

Can't be much forward airspeed if the door is hanging open like that.

Hard to see through the glass but appears to not have duals installed.

[FoxtrotAlpha18]

Another R44 door issue???

[skadi]

Can't be much forward airspeed if the door is hanging open like that.

It looks like they had just departed the helipad ( the structure seen in the background of the pics )

skadi

[jemax]

I also note a 4 point harness for the two front occupants, I wonder if the outcome would have been the same with 3 point belts?

[Hughes500]

showboating gone wrong ( sorry about the pun) ?

[RINKER]

Maybe lifted with friction on and or hydraulics off ? Also as the door is open I wonder if he got airborne before he was ready to lift ?
R

[mickjoebill]

Closeup of the latch.
The lever seems to be positioned half way along the bottom slot. It is not in the closed position.





Mickjoebill

[skadi]

Position in Google Earth:

52° 35.069' N 6° 11.358' E

skadi

[Dynamic Roller]

"Passenger" headset around neck (hurried departure?) His left arm position indicates LHS collective uninstalled?

[NRDK]

Love the close up photo of left seat occupant with his fingers crossed!

[206Fan]

Few Salvage Photos.

Helikopter weer boven water - Weblog Rouveen

[Hairyplane]

So what happened?

Good job they hit water and not land. The luckiest people alive IMO.
WTF happened?
HP

[206Fan]

Indeed. Very lucky.

These two poor souls wern't as fortunate in Italy. R22 crash.

ASN Aircraft accident 25-MAR-2012 Robinson R22 I-....

Photos.

Quotidiano.Net Fotogallery: La tragedia delle Farniole: due morti nell'elicottero caduto

[P6 Driver]

It doesn't take a lot to confuse me, but two things come to my mind...

In the first image, the door is open, but in the side-on view it appears closed. If the helicopter is still in a nose down attitude, was the/could the door have been flapping from open to closed?

In the salvage images, not even the front transparencies appear to have been broken - I would have expected at least a crack.