Rescue helicopter slides into snowmobile
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Rescue helicopter slides into snowmobile
Hi all,
Luckily nobody was hurt, a resucue-helicopter slid into a snowmobile.
Oberwiesenthal: Hubschrauber-Landung am Fichtelberg missglückt - Freie Presse
There is a video on Facebook about that incident.
The EC135 landed, put up again on a different spot and started to slide while shutting down....
Fly Safe
Not the video with the whole sequence, just the sliding
Luckily nobody was hurt, a resucue-helicopter slid into a snowmobile.
Oberwiesenthal: Hubschrauber-Landung am Fichtelberg missglückt - Freie Presse
There is a video on Facebook about that incident.
The EC135 landed, put up again on a different spot and started to slide while shutting down....
Fly Safe
Not the video with the whole sequence, just the sliding
Last edited by Flying Bull; 27th Jan 2014 at 14:13.
Looks expensive!
A blade looks like it hits one of the poles in the ground on the RHS of the aircraft as it slides backwards.
On rundown it is a long way out of track!
Looks like the control cuff has failed at impact.
Definitely wont polish out!
A blade looks like it hits one of the poles in the ground on the RHS of the aircraft as it slides backwards.
On rundown it is a long way out of track!
Looks like the control cuff has failed at impact.
Definitely wont polish out!
I don't think the cuff failed on impact. When it started to slid, the cyclic correction was huge and you can hear something crack, the helicopter shakes violently and continues downhill before blade impact.
Talk about bad luck... I'm glad nobody got hurt.
Talk about bad luck... I'm glad nobody got hurt.
Phoinix,
Good observation! Just looked at the Book Face video in HD.
Winter Tipps maybe!
Good observation! Just looked at the Book Face video in HD.
Winter Tipps maybe!
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The snowmobile getting wedged behind stopped it sliding further. Bad luck yes, but a bit of good luck too.
Slope landing 101 is to apply a bit of cyclic towards the down slope to test security before reducing to ground idle, it may/may not have been done here, the slide could also have been triggered by a bit of rocking from slow turning blades.
Glad nobody was injured.
Slope landing 101 is to apply a bit of cyclic towards the down slope to test security before reducing to ground idle, it may/may not have been done here, the slide could also have been triggered by a bit of rocking from slow turning blades.
Glad nobody was injured.
totally aviodable
Here we have an classic oooops moment; not doing a thorough security/stability check after landing; by first stirring cyclic & a dance on the pedals - sad, forgetting to do that vital after landing check before throttling down 
in winter we regularly have slippery ice to land on, soft deep snow, on remote off Helipads there are loose uneven rocks, swamp & bunch of conditions that may cause instability....so always, always; check first, thoroughly 
before selecting idle 
Great Blessings for All, around bystanders etc. as no one got hurt
Land back Happy - always
in winter we regularly have slippery ice to land on, soft deep snow, on remote off Helipads there are loose uneven rocks, swamp & bunch of conditions that may cause instability....so always, always; check first, thoroughly before selecting idle Great Blessings for All, around bystanders etc. as no one got hurt
Land back Happy - always
Last edited by Vertical Freedom; 28th Jan 2014 at 02:24.
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@skadi - sorry, posted using an IPad mini - and the bloody spellchecking mixed things up.
Hope everypody got the info watching the video
Greetings Flying Bull
Hope everypody got the info watching the video
Greetings Flying Bull
Oh Dear!
Bet the pilot is well pi***d off and has some explaining to do! No mention of why he was landing there? Assume rescue? Did another Helicopter attend to facilitate the rescue?
Well, he's not the first to slide down an icy slope. Mind you, it does seem a bit steep, and you'd have thought that the slide on the first attempt would have given a clue. 
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Does the structure in the reflection on the top of the tail boom, aft of the horizontal stabilizer and forward of the fin, indicate expensive bending in RVDT's photo, or is that just the pattern of the local snow/trees?
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Very timely. I am a low time private working on commercial and did my first ice op's two days ago. I also noticed the slide on the first touch down. It is most unfortunate that, while it appears the pilot recognized the initial slide, was not able to or simply did not identify the problem on the second touchdown.
Not that I'm fully qualified to judge in any way, but given the recognition of the initial slide, it might be a case of "sh*t happens" in that after the pilot tested the second touchdown and while it passed his test it could have been such a marginal pass that he was caught without the rotor disc energy to solve the problem when it did finally break loose.
Not that I'm fully qualified to judge in any way, but given the recognition of the initial slide, it might be a case of "sh*t happens" in that after the pilot tested the second touchdown and while it passed his test it could have been such a marginal pass that he was caught without the rotor disc energy to solve the problem when it did finally break loose.
Blade strike?
Does anyone have any close-up pictures of the blade strike, or root of the blade?
For something to give way at the blade root, for such a low speed strike during wind down, why would the blade snap, and not cause more damage at the leading edge?
Anyone know anymore info about the blade - just curious?
Thanks. KP
For something to give way at the blade root, for such a low speed strike during wind down, why would the blade snap, and not cause more damage at the leading edge?
Anyone know anymore info about the blade - just curious?
Thanks. KP
As Phoinix pointed out from the HD Video.
Big cyclic excursion forward at low RRPM.
This is the first place you inspect if MM exceeds limits.
Big cyclic excursion forward at low RRPM.
This is the first place you inspect if MM exceeds limits.
