Max Headroom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Saw this on the news this morning. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/20..._n_1297748.html Scary stuff. Thankfully it happened after landing and no one was hurt. Hope the link works as I'm doing this from my mobile, otherwise tap in Brazilian helicopter crash to find a link. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I bet the pilot pooped his pantaloons... especially when the forward half of the cockpit broke away! Did they forget to put one of the blades on or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish fairey Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 That looks like the dreaded ground resonance to me, I remember a Wessex at Yeovilton doing almost the same thing. It virtually jumped up in the air and fell on its side. One of the rotor blades was stuck in the ground about 50 feet away. When they asked the marshaller what steps he had taken to stop it, his answer was "Bloody big ones"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 What be this "ground resonance" of which you speak? Got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 When they asked the marshaller what steps he had taken to stop it, his answer was "Bloody big ones"... Those old service fables always sound so familiar I was in the RAF at Odiham in the last 70's when they had 72 & 240 flying Wessex and a similar thing happened on the pan there (seriously, the pilots name was Sqd Ldr Burke) - same story did the rounds after that - I didn't believe that one either. Or the one of the pilot responsible for an air accident whilst in front of a court martial, and before sentencing is asked if he has anything to say to which he supposedly pulls a packet of fags out of his pocket, flips open the lid and speaking into it says. For f*** sake beam me up quick Scotty"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish fairey Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Check this out.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RihcJR0zvfM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Holy crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I bet the pilot pooped his pantaloons... especially when the forward half of the cockpit broke away! On first viewing I thought the opening doors was the crew trying to escape "Daft s#ds" I thought. Then I realized it was the chopper collapsing around them. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Check this out....www.youtube.com/watch?v=RihcJR0zvfM You think it's all ok when you hear it shut down........LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I was in the RAF at Odiham in the last 70's when they had 72 & 240 flying Wessex and a similar thing happened on the pan there (seriously, the pilots name was Sqd Ldr Burke) - same story did the rounds after that - I didn't believe that one either. The story that I have heard about this pilot is that he walked into the line office and said that one of the oleos is a bit low. When a liney went out to have a look he found a helicopter on its side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 WOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The pilot mentioned above (Bobby Burke), also did something similar to a Chinook at Odiham in about 1990. However this time he took off on a flight test and said their is something wrong with this aircraft, turned back to land on. However the front set of blades went through the fuselage, just missing one of my colleges who was bending forward at the right time, as one of the blades came across the top of him. Many of our cars parked out the front of the hangar where damaged and the hangar heating ducts inside the hangar (doors open) where also dented. He also had a ground resonance problem at RAF Benson with a Wessex with the same call sign as the Odiham cab(Kilo), expect I did not see it because I was running so fast in the other direction(I was the starter crew) and with bits and blades coming past me at great knots. Such great times. SF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 We had something similar happen to one of our Seasprites on the back of a frigate. They were conducting an engine run, and didn't take off the high chains (that fit to the fuselage sides, above the U/C). This took the oleos out of the equation and it nearly shook itself to bits. Luckily they were able to recover it in time and the airframe was eventually repaired. You'll note in the Chinook video posted above that the tie down chains are above the undercarriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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