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re: Helicopter Crash in Lafourche Parish
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:31 pm to tiganation337
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:31 pm to tiganation337
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did the report say anything about the weather??
I heard today that it had nothing to do with weather. They believe the engine locked up and the blades weren't spinning when it hit the marsh because they weren't broken to pieces. I also heard that the passenger actually jumped from the helicopter before it hit the ground, that's why he wasn't immediately recovered because he wasn't at the wreck site.
I didn't know the passenger, but some guys I work with did. And actually, one of my coworkers was supposed to be on the flight back in on the same bird.
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Posted on 3/13/19 at 6:49 pm to REB BEER
the passenger was recovered much sooner than the pilot, so I wonder if they both jumped. You would think the pilot would have been recovered relatively fast if he was in the wreckage of the helicopter.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 8:20 pm to REB BEER
If the engine seizes there is a piece of equipment called the freewheeling unit which is basically a clutch that will disconnect the engine and its driveshaft from the transmission, allowing the transmission to rotate or freewheel which allows the main rotor to spin free allowing the pilot the chance to perform an autorotation. Now its possible the freewheling unit could have failed not allowing the rotor system to freewheel but the existing rotational forces would probably cause the driveshaft to fail catastrophically and still allow the rotor system to rotate freely. I'm no expert but I do have 25 years of helicopter maintenance with 22 years on the Bell 407.
Ill try to answer any questions y'all might have.
Ill try to answer any questions y'all might have.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:14 pm to REB BEER
I heard the opposite. That blades were spinning when he hit. But I doubt anybody jumped. Ejected thru the canopy on impact, very possible.
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