Helicopter crash Breighton aerodrome
 

Reports of 5 persons on board.

Five casualties after helicopter crash - BBC News

hope all involved are ok.

Any body know what type it was

On my doorstep..... Hope everyone is ok ..

Photos on Twitter show something that looks like a bell 47 in military colours at the side of a taxiway, but not that clear.

Think you will find its an A2

The Hull Daily Mail is saying it's a Gazelle, but their photo is an Alouette 2.
Five casualties in helicopter crash at Breighton airfield near Howden | Hull Daily Mail

Yep, looks remarkable similar to an Allouette 2.

Five casualties in helicopter crash at Breighton airfield near Howden | Hull Daily Mail

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/image...1687-large.jpg
Clearly, the aircraft pictured is an Alouette 2

I'm not saying this is the same aircraft, nor am I assuming the crashed ac is AAC Historic flight. Purely posted for type comparison purposes.

http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictu...05_006_800.jpg

Photos: Sud SE-3130 Alouette II | MilitaryAircraft.de - Aviation Photography

2x Alouette 2's on the UK register http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapp...ttype=alouette

It' s the locally based Hungarian registered one - Not AAC HF

Is that the white one?

Sid. That one is no longer white

Helicopter crash at Breighton.
 

This just popped up on my news feed.

I hope everyone is ok.


Five seriously injured in Breighton airfield helicopter crash - BBC News

I would pay little attention to hull daily mail, they use above photo then say "was carrying Royal Air Force marking" what part of ARMY can they not read

Probably HA-PPC

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

Yes it's a Alouette 11 HAPPC ex AAC with 4 plus pilot looks like a tail rotor failure but either way there was a accident. Pilot got to go by YAA to LGI. Other 4 by road. Plenty of broken bones but otherwise hopefully all well

No names but it was the larger fellow

Will update when more news from hospital

Steve

This would be her at Garton, from this site Alouettes & Lamas - Aviafora

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psxrpqu1m5.jpg
SE313B Alouette II HA-PPC (cn 1500) as seen near Garton on the Wolds in May 2016
Seen wearing her former Army Air Corps colours and XP967 registration.


Full photo credit to original poster.

Hope everyone recovers from their injuries.
Sad to see her in bits! :{
Flew XP967 extensively between 1981 and 1983 when she was with 16Flt AAC in Dhekelia, Cyprus. Hope she can be repaired and get back in the air again.

bondu

... and maybe a few of the others of the same mindset as this thread developed http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/573...y-landing.html

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: