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Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by GTHill, Nov 23, 2011.

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  1. GTHill

    GTHill F1 World Champ
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    Jul 1, 2006
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    GT Hill
    #1 GTHill, Nov 23, 2011
  2. AbsolutFerrari

    AbsolutFerrari Formula Junior

    Jul 23, 2009
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    #2 AbsolutFerrari, Nov 23, 2011
    Saw that on the news this morning. Pretty crazy. The pilot was lucky to be able to walk away.
     
  3. GTHill

    GTHill F1 World Champ
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    #3 GTHill, Nov 23, 2011
    Rotor blade hit a cable I presume?

    GT
     
  4. NW328GTS

    NW328GTS Formula 3

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    #4 NW328GTS, Nov 28, 2011
    looks like a structural failure actually. Some kind of mount breaking or a frame crack hitting critical length. The motor is way too loose in the frame way to early to be just a blade breaking. A blade induced vibration would show up in the rotor head first and this seems to start in the fuselage first. The way the tail just falls off way before it rolls over points to some major structural failure.
     
  5. kongman

    kongman F1 Rookie

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    #5 kongman, Nov 28, 2011
    ya looks like something broke as the chopper wasnt moving at the time of the accident
     
  6. solofast

    solofast Formula 3

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    #6 solofast, Nov 29, 2011
    NBC had another view of the incident.

    Workers standing straight off of the nose were managing lines to the load. One worker tried to "exercise" his line to untangle it and give him more control of the load. The line flipped up and caught the main rotor.

    Game over!!!
     

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