"It was a hard landing, which means the helicopter may have come down faster than normal," she said.

SOBO


probably the engi... i know: hat coat etc

Oops.
 

It's old. 2008

Downwind? Dreaded Dauphin pitch stop limit? Or just ambition exceeding ability.....

What is that? Surely all helicopters have a pitch stop?

Looked fairly normal. Undercarriage collapse?

Hope everyone was okay. At 18 seconds it seems to drop suddenly and all goes bad.

I always understood that the unique "shrieking" sound of the older Dauphines/Gazelles was due to the main rotor interacting with the fenestron but this one loses the main rotor and it's still "shrieking". Also, listen to that fenestron whine initially go really high after it loses the load of the main rotor!

I think the "shrieking" does not come from the fenestron, more likely from the engines. Check the video from the AS350 crash at Auckland Harbour some time ago, same noise.


skadi

JE "Downwind? Dreaded Dauphin pitch stop limit? Or just ambition exceeding ability..... "

Sounds like One Engine failing ?

Looks to be a Z-9, so who knows what sort of quality issues there are with those vs a "real" Dauphin

Indeed it was a Z9 - Just rebuilt, apparently, after a long time on the ground.