Helicopter Crash

I see that vortexringstate123 also left his professional opinion on this video.

I'm in helo training with the Navy in the United States.

oh wow, thats interesting, where bouts do u come from? im from new zealand and the rule of thumb here is not below 300ft/min with less then 30 kias

All I know is that in the TH-57 (Bell 206) we are pretty much prohibited from descending greater than 800 fpm when we are 40 kias or below and that guy was dropping as fast or faster than that, in my limited experienced opinion. Good call on your part. And yes, of course even experienced pilots make mistakes.

yeah, u can see his decent is clearly higher then 300ft/min with not alot of airspeed, set himself up big time for it.. was a silly mistake really-not1 i would expect a pilot being able to fly a twin turbine would make but hey, everyone makes mistakes i guess

Wouldn't have thought about it until you said Vortex Ring State... Otherwise I would have said, "Forgot to cushion... cushion... cushion..." That's why I watch these videos and read those articles I suppose.

Definatley a classic example of Vortex ring state. Which is the helicopter decending into its own downwash. As for the people not running for cover, it wouldnt of been apparent until the last second that something was wrong, i dont think the pilot even knew until after he had turned and then tried to bring the collective in to arrest his rate of decent.

Sorry, this isnt swedish, i think its dutch.

thank god that the pilot was alright!

wouldnt happen to a british pilot

yet an american pilot cant hold onto his map... hmmm to lazy and stupid

Settling with Power...aka Main Rotor Vortex Ring State.

Ack! Poor Hoplite!

i love all the ppl just standing there instead of getting cover

"ififiu" Now that pilot is just showing off. It's funny,but grinding your propellers in the dirt like that is just pretentious.