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re: Fatal Helicopter Crash in Iowa
Posted on 11/4/24 at 12:02 am to Antib551
Posted on 11/4/24 at 12:02 am to Antib551
quote:
You'll never catch me in a Robinson
Low hour pilot flying MVFR (reportedly) in a rotary wing aircraft notoriously subject to mast bumping is a deadly combination.
R.I.P. to family and friends, tragic all the way around.
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Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:55 am to phil good
quote:
a-hole without a license killed his family and put others at risk as well.
Cringe. You don’t have all the facts and there are people here that know this family and know them well.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 6:50 am to AmosMosesAndTwins
quote:
a-hole without a license killed his family and put others at risk as well. Cringe. You don’t have all the facts and there are people here that know this family and know them well.
Good people sometimes make bad decisions. Our hearts break for the family.
Pilots will see this accident as avoidable and a total disregard for the safety protocols currently in place.
Even if the pilot had their license and the FAA database had not updated yet…that means he would have only recently received his certification and lacked experience in those conditions
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:13 am to Mr Breeze
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mast bumping
First time hearing of this. The YouTube videos would convince me to never ride in a Robinson helicopter.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:58 am to redstick13
What is the cruising speed range of helicopters?
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:02 am to redstick13
Posted on 11/4/24 at 8:49 am to SlowFlowPro
That video is of a crash a couple of years ago in Rowlett, Tx. Scary shite.
This post was edited on 11/4/24 at 8:53 am
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:48 am to Tigeralum2008
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Good people sometimes make bad decisions. Our hearts break for the family.
I saw a gut wrenching post from the wife's mother. The wife was their only child with only one grandchild. She wrote that their whole world revolved around this little family. The wife apparently tried for years to have a baby and finally did. Lots of joy in the pictures on Facebook. I don't know them at all, but I sure feel for the families and, especially, the wife's family. They have lost their entire family.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:53 am to SlowFlowPro
Pretty clear result of a mast bump there. Love flying.. spent plenty of time in Piper Senecas but no desire to ever get in a helicopter.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:56 am to The Boat
quote:
Pretty clear result of a mast bump there.
What is a mast bump? Is it something that can be avoided?
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:58 am to Gris Gris
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:02 am to The Boat
Damn. That seems like a pretty substantial design flaw.
Also, OP would be less confusing if he noted that it's Iowa, LA.
Also, OP would be less confusing if he noted that it's Iowa, LA.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:05 am to Chucktown_Badger
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OP would be less confusing if he noted that it's Iowa, LA.
wtf? where else would he be referring to?
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:06 am to 777Tiger
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777Tiger
Speaking of, have you ever tried to fly a helicopter?
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:08 am to LCA131
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have you ever tried to fly a helicopter?
I had a guy take me up in a PHI S-76 years ago, he was a check airman for them and he let me fly it around the patch, tried to show me how to hover, but that's the extent of my rotor wing experience
This post was edited on 11/4/24 at 10:29 am
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:14 am to CalcasieuTiger
Lord works in mysterious ways.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:23 am to The Boat
Wow! Thanks.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:31 am to 777Tiger
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wtf? where else would he be referring to?
When most people see a headline saying something happened “in Iowa”, they think of the state of Iowa.
This post was edited on 11/4/24 at 10:32 am
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:34 am to Chucktown_Badger
quote:
wtf? where else would he be referring to?
When most people see a headline saying something happened “in Iowa”, they think of the state of Iowa.
Posted on 11/4/24 at 10:55 am to 777Tiger
I definitely did have that thought but also didn't want to assume it and be a dick. 
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