R44 down in Herne Bay Kent
Looks like 4 people all walked away.
Often seen in the sky’s of the Kent coast. Not posted it’s registration but easy to find. kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/news/first-pictures-of-helicopter-crash-near-major-road-231041 |
26th July - R44 down, Herne Bay
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Wow looks like a brand new R44 only registered in April!!
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Originally Posted by Redland
(Post 10846799)
Wow looks like a brand new R44 only registered in April!!
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The report says he crashed into the road. Looks to me like he completely missed the road. Thankfully.
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More news here,
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53543513 Helicopter pilot and three passengers escaped serious injury when it was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft toppled on to its side as it came down near Hearne Bay, Kent, at about 10:10 BST. One man was treated for minor injuries at the scene near Thanet Way, the South East Coast Ambulance Service said Kent Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch had been informed of the crash. |
Originally Posted by gulliBell
(Post 10846842)
The report says he crashed into the road. Looks to me like he completely missed the road. Thankfully.
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Originally Posted by jimmy83
(Post 10846852)
This was a good 150m from any road, bad reporting as usual 🙄
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Helicopter crashes into road on UK coast There's definitely more corn being harvested on the A299 than I last recall... |
Originally Posted by Two's in
(Post 10846874)
There's definitely more corn being harvested on the A299 than I last recall...
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Why do journo's feel the need to blatantly lie? Don't they understand that it discredits them further every time they do it? Muppets!
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Deliberately misrepresenting the facts in a headline is known as 'clickbait', a widespread editorial policy with some media companies these days :cool:
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Originally Posted by Redland
(Post 10846799)
Wow looks like a brand new R44 only registered in April!!
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At least it will be well insured.
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Originally Posted by Bravo73
(Post 10847141)
April 2019
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So good to see the instances of fire following a R44 crash have diminished.
mjb |
Pending confirmation of how much fuel was left in the tank
Originally Posted by mickjoebill
(Post 10847237)
So good to see the instances of fire following a R44 crash have diminished.
mjb |
Originally Posted by Flyingpie
(Post 10847889)
Pending confirmation of how much fuel was left in the tank
Sounds to me like there was at least some fuel left in there. |
Originally Posted by Flyingpie
(Post 10847889)
Pending confirmation of how much fuel was left in the tank
The R44 was found to be prone to post-accident fires due to damage to the aluminum fuel tanks, allowing fuel to leak out. In 2009, the company began installing bladder-type fuel tanks in all new R44 helicopters. It also issued Service Bulletin SB-78 on 20 December 2010, requiring R44 helicopters with all-aluminum fuel tanks to be retrofitted with bladder-type tanks to "improve the R44's fuel system's resistance to a post-accident fuel leak." The company recommended that the change should be done as soon as practical, but no later than 31 December 2014. The compliance date was later moved to 30 April 2013.[19] An accident investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) in March 2013 found, after analyzing historical data, that a significantly higher proportion of R44 aircraft (12%) caught fire after crashing, compared to accidents involving other types of piston-engine helicopters (7%).[20]:7 Preliminary analysis by the ATSB of the NTSB's accident database found a similar statistic, with 15% of accidents in the US involving R44 helicopters having post-crash fires.[20]:7 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ly2014_arp.jpg Heli Air Robinson R44 Raven II arrives for the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, EnglandAlthough the data did not consider which type of fuel tanks were fitted, the report mentioned four fatal accidents to the R44 fitted with bladder-type tanks, but as far as they knew, did not involve a post-accident fire. The ATSB recommended that the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) take further action to urge R44 owners to fit bladder-type tanks.[20]:12 The FAA, the governing body in the country of manufacture whose directives would normally be followed in other countries like Australia, had not mandated the retrofit; CASA therefore issued Australian-specific airworthiness directive AD/R44/23, grounding R44 aircraft on 30 April 2013 that had not yet been upgraded |
And I think Flyingpie might have been alluding to a possible cause for the emergency landing - ie no fuel...........
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