PPRuNe Forums - Malaysian Helicopter Crash

PPRuNe Forums (https://www.pprune.org/)

- Rotorheads (https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads-23/)

- - Malaysian Helicopter Crash (https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/559358-malaysian-helicopter-crash.html)

Malaysian Helicopter Crash

Is the 365 the same aircraft as the 155?
2nd crash in as many days :-(

Malaysian Helicopter Crash

Rip Cliff
you will be missed by many

Godspeed Cliff you where a great friend an will be great missed by the many that had the chance to call you a friend.

jayteeto

Quote:

Is the 365 the same aircraft as the 155?

Same family but I'm sure you know that so what's your point ?

Don't start. I don't know, that's why I asked.

My point is that 2 very similar aircraft have crashed unexplained in 2 days. As a commercial pilot that makes me look twice. We all know that it is unlikely to be linked, but it IS a reasonable point to raise without being bullied for it.........

"Then, the debris, tail and blades were thrown all over the place," the eyewitness, who was not named, was quoted as saying.
RIP mate

RIP Cliff

Will always remember you landing at JB's house for Christmas Turkey.

RIP Cliff. You were a great guy and will be greatly missed all around the world.

Quote:

jayteeto, I see your point (and I didn't want to offend you) but rationally, the date proximity is not a reasonable point to raise if it's the only commun point between these two events and until now, that's the case.

Monday last week : 206L (4 fatalities)
Tuesday last week : 206L (2 fatalities)
Less than 24h between !

This Tuesday : H500 (1 missing)
This Tuesday : H500 (no fatality)
Same day !

March was a terrible month in term of safety, unfortunatly April seems to folow :(

They all should be looked at, however complex twin accidents are less frequent

Damaged left stabiliser suspected to be cause of Semenyih copter crash

Quote:

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the left stabiliser may have sustained damage when it landed in a football field at Sekolah Rendah Ladang Kota Bahagia as the helicopter tilted about 13 degrees to the left when its left landing gear sunk approximately 20 inches into the soft ground.

The report also determined that the helicopter was leaking hydraulic fluid excessively, which the pilot expressed concern about as recorded in the voice recorder but did not inspect further before taking off after dropping a passenger there.

Head of investigation Datuk Yahaya Abdul Rahman said the pilot should have inspected the aircraft if he suspected that something was wrong with the aircraft, but stressed that the report is to ascertain facts of the crash and not to assign blame.

Yahaya said the left stabiliser seems to have broken off about 5 seconds before the helicopter went into rapid descent and the investigation team would need to recover the object to determine if it had suffered mechanical failure or sustained damage during landing as suspected.

I/C

Pretty extraordinary not to shut down and check for any damage after what was clearly a fairly major incident sinking in landing on soft ground - with the pilot recognising it was serious. But there again another tragic consequence of no doubt demanding owners/pax pressuring an intimidated pilot to change plans and make bad decisions, probably in fear of his job.

Ahm...if my memory serves me right, the pilot was the owner...

Oh was it?! Blimey if that's the case no excuses then!

The Americain pilot was the owner of the Operating company Cempaka Aviation. Not the owner of the helicopter it self (Orion). But that doesn't make it better.

SLB