News Copter Twin Squirrel Crash USA - what was the cause?
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News Copter Twin Squirrel Crash USA - what was the cause?
Just seen the (old) video of the news chopper crashing in the States a couple of years back..what was the cause? Tried the FAA site but to no avail.
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Well now. You'll have to give us something more to go on than "twin squirrel crash." Got an N-number? Rough date of occurence? Location (other than "U.S.")? Personally, I can't recall any Twinstar ENG crashes in the last couple of years. There was the recent single-Squirrel crash due to...uhh, well it was either a tail rotor failure or hydraulic failure, one or the other and the pilot didn't seem to know how to ascertain the difference... Then there was the EC-135 crash in the N.Y. area some years back caused by...uhh, well...you've got to read that one to believe it. Both were captured on video.
Hell, I don't know. Here's what you do: Go to:
NTSB Accident Synopses
That will get you in the ballpark. At the bottom of that page is a link for a "Query Form." Type in what information you want and see what it spits out.
Hell, I don't know. Here's what you do: Go to:
NTSB Accident Synopses
That will get you in the ballpark. At the bottom of that page is a link for a "Query Form." Type in what information you want and see what it spits out.
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this one?
Preliminary report:
AS-350BA, N4NY, operated as WNBC News Chopper 4
original thread here ->
Chopper 4 Crash in New York (incl videos)
Preliminary report:
AS-350BA, N4NY, operated as WNBC News Chopper 4
original thread here ->
Chopper 4 Crash in New York (incl videos)
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A news chopper4 ship went into the Passaic River in New Jersey in Dec, 1998. I believe there was video of this one , too.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X11617&key=1
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X11617&key=1
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The NTSB report says nothing about initial failures of any of the helicopter-systems. To me it looks like they're spot on with their analysis of the EC-135 accident and that the failure seemed to be somewhere between ear no.1 and ear no.2 on the pilot.
But I could be wrong, it's happened before.
/2beers
But I could be wrong, it's happened before.
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