Chantry Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I don't think you are supposed to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 ABORT! ABORT! Will return after change of underwear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I'd say he's one damn good chopper jockey. I knew one like that in 1974-76. His helicopter didn't move much, but he was moving everything in that cockpit. Looked like he had six hands and was swatting hornets with all of them while tap dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 A Huey at high altitude? Extraordinarily fortunate. Not knowing the circumstances, It appears he took an huge (unnecessary?) risk and dang near bought the farm. Perhaps Charlie Harley will chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Staying oriented in that would be beyond difficult. He must have done some trick flying previously. Or he was just very lucky. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Did he hit a draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 That was not a standard move in any training manual! What they were trying was tricky, even if they’d been in a Blackhawk. The Huey is a sluggish aircraft under any circumstance, exactly what wasn’t needed here. The pilot was landing into the wind on a small LZ which sat on a mountain ridge line with a sharp drop on the leeward side. A perfect storm of challenges. My guess is he hit a downward swirl as he got close to the ridge. The tail rotor lost effectiveness (LTE) in the swirl, which caused the rapid yaw right. The emergency procedure for LTE is to fly forward until the fuselage regains stability and smooth air is again flowing over the tail rotor. In this case, the pilot’s reaction to fly “forward” caused the nose to hit the ground with the resulting pirouette. At this point they were damn lucky the rotor disc was over the cliff’s edge and not striking the ground. After the pirouette, the aircraft went over the cliff and into clean airspace as it fell slightly. The pilot regained a level attitude, backed away from the rocks, then flew away to change underwear. All in all, except for the luck of having the rotor disc go where it did and not contact Mother Earth,I give complete credit to the pilot for maintaining control in a very bad situation and saving the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 I think I know what he said when it happened. I also think I know what he did when it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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