Can't figure out what happened and they were probably all killed instantly, but if they weren't, they sure as hell died before the firecrews finally got there. Should be thrown in jail for starters. Unbelievable.
Appears the tail rotor was slowing down but did not stop. Guess would be loss of power, either the engine was failing or the transmission sending power to the rotors failed. The crash was low and slow enough to survive. Fire is the big killer in such crashes. Fire crews at most airports are not IN their vehicles standing by unless a pilot has declared an emergency. Under those conditions response time increases significantly to unexpected crashes.
you can not tell if the rotors are slowing down in the video unless you work out frame rate of the camera and know the normal rpm of the rotor system. I would bet a case of beer that there was no mechanical problem with the aircraft and it was a classic case of settling with power ... in other words pilot error.
it could well be vortex ring state that caused the accident. still pilot error.
to get out of it one needs to reduce power and lower the nose and fly away.
the winds and his maneuver prior to descent could easily induce vortex ring state. the pilot didn't have much vertical room to get out of said condition once you realise you are in said condition.
Just read that one survived. That is absolutely amazing.
ReplyDeleteAppears the tail rotor was slowing down but did not stop. Guess would be loss of power, either the engine was failing or the transmission sending power to the rotors failed. The crash was low and slow enough to survive. Fire is the big killer in such crashes. Fire crews at most airports are not IN their vehicles standing by unless a pilot has declared an emergency. Under those conditions response time increases significantly to unexpected crashes.
ReplyDeleteThanks but it seemed that their response should have been much faster compared to those I've witnessed.
Deleteyou can not tell if the rotors are slowing down in the video unless you work out frame rate of the camera and know the normal rpm of the rotor system. I would bet a case of beer that there was no mechanical problem with the aircraft and it was a classic case of settling with power ... in other words pilot error.
DeleteThanks and I didn't see definite evident of a change either.
Deleteit could well be vortex ring state that caused the accident. still pilot error.
Deleteto get out of it one needs to reduce power and lower the nose and fly away.
the winds and his maneuver prior to descent could easily induce vortex ring state. the pilot didn't have much vertical room to get out of said condition once you realise you are in said condition.
Thanks and did you fly in Vietnam by chance?
Deleteno, but I presently fly them. mostly international work. I live in Canada
Delete.....great blog. thanks
Deleteno, but I presently fly them. mostly international work. I live in Canada
DeleteI see. Thanks.
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.....great blog. thanks
Thanks x2 :)
So they send for the tour buses too? 4 minutes plus it took Fire and EMS to get there, deplorable indeed!
ReplyDeleteThe Vietnamese were there in minute at TSN.
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