SASLess: "I reckon this might shoot a bit of hole in the Anfi Theorem."

Is there an indication this incident down to engine failure?

How come you didn't ask md 600 driver whether there is an indication of tail rotor failure as he suggested earlier?

Why would I ask him that when he already said as much?

<shrug>

'The helicopter was doing circuits around the airfield, it lifted up levelled off, and was about eight metres off the ground, following the course of the runway. The witness turned away then heard a loud boom, looked back to see the helicopter had crashed into the ground and was completely wrecked. He was about 200 yards away.'

So why ask sasless about engines?

Nobody has mentioned the 'S' word yet :ok:

We are all well aware that jargon registers one as an insider and thus superior to the rest of us, but please, come down off your bloody self-elevated pinnacle and allow the rest of us mere British helicopter pilots to understand what on earth you are prating about?

Bah!

Well I'm not even a mere helicopter pilot, but Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Leeds General Infirmary seems a reasonable stab at it.

LMFAO ....

YAA = Yorkshire Air Ambulance
LGI = Leeds General Infirmary

A flight regularly taken by 'mere British helicopter pilots' :rolleyes:

Wageslave the others got it right( LGI and YAA )

Hope you understand this one FO TWXT if not someone may explain

Just got a message from Nige in hospital he s got Fractured back fractured sternum and fractured leg - operating tomorrow

I suspect the land line will be hot to Hidroplan Nord !

Md, sounds a bit :eek:
Please pass on our best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Steve, pass on my best wishes from over the 'other side of the pond' to Nigel for a speedy recovery.

Sid: "So why ask sasless about engines?"

Because he brought up anFI which often means discussion about single vs twin safety, so I wondered if he was questioning or suggesting engine failure was a factor.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=188723


Speedy recoveries wished for the injured. Had a vague memory that all Alouettes had been grounded?

is that Nigel H - a regular contributor to these pages? If so - get well soon Nige, very sorry to hear about the crash.:ok:

No not Nigel h Nigel f

I flew this helicopter with Nigel back in 2010, for an article for Today's Pilot. I remember him well, and the helicopter. So sad to read this. Please give Nigel my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Heavy landing at Breighton aerodrome
 

Krypton John.

Please translate "I reckon this might shoot a bit of hole in the Anfi Theorem."

Many thanks.

MD600 - thatnks for the clarification:ok:

Palma - AnFi's pet, and oft spouted, theorem is that singles are safer than twins - hence the comment from KJ, although it was SASless who first mentioned it:ok: