Broward County accident...
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Discussion of whether fire extinguisher bottle(s) were fitted/used is a moot point considering the location of the fire.
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Pretty sure FMS 9-2-9 Engine Fire Extinguisher (available in 1 shot or 2) is required if you are going to use the Cat A supplement.
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Watching the ABC News vid, the initial shot viewing the port side with ac moving right to left, the ‘source’ may be more inboard, under the ‘connecting flange’.
I wonder if the ac had recently been washed.
I wonder if the ac had recently been washed.
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If it is an uncontained fuel driven fire, that will be like a blowtorch so no wonder the TRDS and tailboom gave way.
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
If it is an uncontained fuel driven fire, that will be like a blowtorch so no wonder the TRDS and tailboom gave way.
(Hyd@103 bar / Fuel press caution @ 0.6 bar P/W, 1.3 bar Arr2B1)
Effect rather than cause of fire?
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This looks like part of the fire was in the boom where it failed?.
It is not the firewalls, the problem is that structure, attaching tailboom and/or tailboom itself failed. Tailboom is completelly made of composite, while attachment flange and fuselage is metal structure - Aluminum and titanium apron and firewalls. I worked many years on EC-135 and am astonished how fast the fire destroyed the primary structure. Like Concorde in Paris.
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Effect rather than cause of fire?
Originally Posted by [email protected]
If, as someone suggested above, the initial failure was a turbine burst with blades being shed - that would make a lot of sense Sid.
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’According to officials, on Monday, the chopper had just taken off from the Pompano Air Park at 8:42 a.m. and was heading to a call in North Lauderdale regarding a car crash where a vehicle hit a bus stop at Prospect Road and State Road 7. Three minutes later, the BSFR helicopter had an engine failure that occurred shortly after takeoff.”
However, it also says… “It is unclear how they managed to maneuver onto the roof.”
If an engine does go bang as opposed to just turning itself off, who knows what collateral damage there could be and to which systems.
They say they had an engine failure and are requesting a priority landing using a runway. ATC (Pompano Tower) clears them to land RWY06 (or, RWY Six, as they say over there.....)
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