South Korean Top Gear AH1 Crash

Badger -the preliminary NTSB report also has no fault found with the machine .

Full story and footage of the race and crash

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2013/02/25/exclusive-the-story-behind-the-top-gear-korea-helicopter-crash/

Rob

As the link Mike J posted says:

The pilot initiated a right 150 to 180 degree turn reaching about 200 feet above the ground. He was attempting to neutralize the controls in preparation for a normal approach for landing when he realized the controls were “locked and unmovable in any direction.” The pilot stated that the helicopter remained in the same rate of turn with the same collective pitch and cyclic input as when he had initiated the turn. The helicopter maintained the same arc through the turn and descent until it impacted the ground. The pilot further stated that he was reaching to activate the emergency hydraulic switch at impact.

Someone should have the told the pilot that there is no need to dogfight with the car. Just stand off and incinerate it!

Doesn’t look so harsh from the inside-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YctnyOOzblk

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120217X34147&key=1

The footage was captured by cameramen shooting the race in Coolidge, Arizona.

Think the clue lies somewhere in that sentence…

The surroundings looked very American!

If you watch the tail rotor as the Cobra starts to bank right after the initial climb it seems to stutter but then pick up speed again.. So who`s was the Cobra as it didnt look like a Korean pilot?

This ‘news’ occurred in March last year.

There is reasonable supposition by those ‘ in the know’ that the Huey may have suffered hydraulic failure, and can be seen to ‘pause’ at the start of the descent, with no change in bank angle. It is by no means a ‘cut and dried’ case of pilot error.

Without too much speculation. I’d say he over cooked his manoeuvre. Too low.

Glad he’s ok though.

Kind Regards,
Scotty