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re: Helicopter Crash in Lafourche Parish
Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:31 pm to Nicky Parrish
Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:31 pm to Nicky Parrish
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Engine failure at take off or landing with not enough altitude to maintain a forward decent would not allow for an auto rotation.
Do you even dead man’s curve bro?
Hover autos are a required skill to obtain a “helicopter license”
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:32 pm to jcaz
Ok thanks.
No, not on the RW side, but I do know or used to know a lot of the old farts in your company. Good folks. Knew their stuff.
No, not on the RW side, but I do know or used to know a lot of the old farts in your company. Good folks. Knew their stuff.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:35 pm to Traveler
Are you a RTP?
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:23 pm to jcaz
As a Huey door gunner in the marines and still in the rotor wing business, majority of helicopter crashes are weather induced. Hardly ever do they crash for mechanical reasons...
ETA that being said, I’ve never been a fan of single engine helicopters in the gulf...
ETA that being said, I’ve never been a fan of single engine helicopters in the gulf...
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:32 pm to jpainter6174
I agree WX could have been a factor. Hopefully he didn’t get in fog or IMC conditions.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:32 pm to jpainter6174
No telling with the weather along the beach this time of year. Could be foggy all day and clear 2 miles inland.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:13 pm to Tarps99
I had an Uncle who got off a helicopter on a production rig. Tall guy in front of him took a blade to the top of his head right above the eyes. My uncle was covered in blood and brains. Refused counseling because he said shite happens.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:14 pm to REB BEER
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I’m sitting in a meeting right now and they’re talking about the other guy that was supposed to be in the flight but took an extra day off. They said he’s pretty fricked up over it. His name was on the manifest, but he wasn’t on the flight.
My brother knows the guy who didn’t get on the chopper well. Said he is pretty shook up, understandably.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:18 pm to saintsfan1977
I actually am a pilot. You actually are ignorant. Sorry for the families.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:08 pm to Tarps99
The Houma Courier has a report as of 8:40pm that they have recovered the pilots body. I'm friends with the passenger, he was a great guy. He was hilarious without even having to try. He will be truly missed
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 1:23 pm to Tarps99
Man I'm sorry to hear that. Poor hardworking guys trying to make a living in a high demand high danger industry. Everyday folks are putting it all on the line to support their families and create a better life for all of us.
I pray for the victims and their families. Sad, sad news.
R.I.P.
I pray for the victims and their families. Sad, sad news.
R.I.P.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 1:34 pm to TrouserTrout
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Offshore workers are worse than flight nurses.
Trouser, please don't include all of us in one idiot's group! Some of us have pretty good smarts and stuff....
Posted on 3/13/19 at 1:37 pm to jpainter6174
did the report say anything about the weather??
Posted on 3/13/19 at 2:02 pm to Tarps99
Very few fixed wing aircraft types have ever been more dangerous than any civilian rotary wing aircraft.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:19 pm to SPEEDY
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Hover autos are a required skill to obtain a “helicopter license
I don’t think an engine failure at 50’ off the ground with the helicopter in the normal takeoff attitude of nose down and tail up an auto rotation would be possible. Again there are a lot of variables.
All I know I wouldn’t want to be in that situation. But others probably know better.
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.
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 8:13 pm to saintsfan1977
Very sad situation. I hope the family and friends of both individuals are getting the support they need.
My father survived, along with his entire crew and all of his passengers. More than once.
Losing engine power in a helicopter does not automatically equal crash, by any stretch. You have enough altitude, technical skill, and survival instinct, and it’s likely nothing more than an especially hard landing.
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IF. A bird falling out of the sky at 2500 ft, are you going to survive that?
My father survived, along with his entire crew and all of his passengers. More than once.
Losing engine power in a helicopter does not automatically equal crash, by any stretch. You have enough altitude, technical skill, and survival instinct, and it’s likely nothing more than an especially hard landing.
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 8:29 pm to IAmNERD
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My grandfather was an aircraft mechanic and every time I used to talk to him about planes and stuff he would make a point to tell me how dangerous helicopters are and made me swear I'd never get in one.
Odd contrast, my grandmother put my name in a drawing when I was 8-9 yrs old at Walmart and I won a free helicopter ride. It was badass and she was tickled shitless
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