@wahlnutz I hope you aren't a pilot that carries passengers cause while you are giving a rats ass and trying to avoid a relatively tiny wire over a PARKING LOT at that altitude (30-100 feet) at night, you would be losing any potential you'd gained for a cushioned landing during the rest of the autorotation and for a wire that "might flip" you (really? what do you fly, an RC helicopter?), you are sacrificing the most critical parts of the auto at that point, the flare and the cushion. Good job.
Looks like he wasn't fast enough to flare at the end so they hit really hard. It was looking so good until the end though, looked like he was lucky and found a decent area to auto into but just paniced towards the end. The flare at the end of an auto is NOT optional. Scary stuff to watch from behind my computer screen, can't imagine what it was like inside. Hope they made it out alive.
Nope. It's "flare". He was flaring too low (common at night) and who gives a rat's ass about "wire" because at that point he can't do anything about the wires. Not like he's going to pull up or go around them.
@therealchillichopper I'd give a rats ass about a wire... autos at night are bad enough, hitting a wire can certainly cause things to get worse by, I don't know, flipping your bird up side down before contact with the ground....
They where with the Blue Eagles POLICE DEP. in San Antonio, tx. And was on a car chase when his engine failed and he was forced to glide himself to the H-E-B parking lot. i know this because i got the chance to meet the two pilots in this video.if you listen carefully you can hear the engine slowly failing
It's a schweitzer 333. His auto was fine till he was at the bottom but used all his rotor inetia to get over power lines. I have the tape from San Antonio PD and there is also footage from the store parking lot where they went done. Check the San Antonio news sites and do a search.
He actually entered autorotation just fine but as he got closer to the ground the helicopter struck power lines turning a flawless emergency procedure into a nightmare of a crash. The airframe and engine are actually sitting in pieces at SIUC being disassembled right now.
@simpson6025 In response to: "Robinson is only used in the search so it gets more hits.", so why for gods sake don't you just add MD500?! Keyword spamming is one of the most stupid things you can do on youtube. Just to push your ego with "hey i got more views than you retard". providing better content WITH better and more exact description will bring you way more views than stupid keyword spamming. cheers
@wahlnutz I hope you aren't a pilot that carries passengers cause while you are giving a rats ass and trying to avoid a relatively tiny wire over a PARKING LOT at that altitude (30-100 feet) at night, you would be losing any potential you'd gained for a cushioned landing during the rest of the autorotation and for a wire that "might flip" you (really? what do you fly, an RC helicopter?), you are sacrificing the most critical parts of the auto at that point, the flare and the cushion. Good job.
therealchillichopper 1 year ago
Looks like he wasn't fast enough to flare at the end so they hit really hard. It was looking so good until the end though, looked like he was lucky and found a decent area to auto into but just paniced towards the end. The flare at the end of an auto is NOT optional. Scary stuff to watch from behind my computer screen, can't imagine what it was like inside. Hope they made it out alive.
Jesseronimo 1 year ago
Nope. It's "flare". He was flaring too low (common at night) and who gives a rat's ass about "wire" because at that point he can't do anything about the wires. Not like he's going to pull up or go around them.
therealchillichopper 1 year ago
@therealchillichopper I'd give a rats ass about a wire... autos at night are bad enough, hitting a wire can certainly cause things to get worse by, I don't know, flipping your bird up side down before contact with the ground....
Wahlnutz 1 year ago
Its definitely "Wire" "Wire"
Mockeraina 1 year ago
Definitely not screaming "Wire"..That is flare.
motokid032 2 years ago 3
great pilot...and at 0:32 youcan see that stuff they use to visualize a cable against the background,oval shaped...I forgott how its called...
ilynx2008 2 years ago
Obviously ran out of rotor RPM.
motokid032 2 years ago
He didn't say FLARE he said WIRE.. they were too close to the power lines....
Darkamazon3000 3 years ago
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ZOMG This is soooo FAKE !
SHoliday002 3 years ago
que cabron a de ser pasar por esto!!!!
JLDEDOVERDE 3 years ago
I've seen this on Most Shocking or w/e... there's another camera angle from the parking lot. If anyone can find it, let me know.
Evilone5234 3 years ago 8
here it is watch?v=AqLxrbJ7e_o
klnky 3 years ago 2
flare to late
delherete 3 years ago 5
so they landed without major incident? No one was hurt in other words?
doobisbone 3 years ago
probably some scratches and bruises but no serious injury
almjjo 3 years ago
correct
BR7formvp 2 years ago
Now tell me a twin engine machine is not worth the extra running costs!!
Return to the airport on 1 or land wherever you are at night.
Well done to the crew though, good night auto, 35kts and an almost verticle profile.
obese1konobe 4 years ago
They where with the Blue Eagles POLICE DEP. in San Antonio, tx. And was on a car chase when his engine failed and he was forced to glide himself to the H-E-B parking lot. i know this because i got the chance to meet the two pilots in this video.if you listen carefully you can hear the engine slowly failing
almjjo 4 years ago
It's a schweitzer 333. His auto was fine till he was at the bottom but used all his rotor inetia to get over power lines. I have the tape from San Antonio PD and there is also footage from the store parking lot where they went done. Check the San Antonio news sites and do a search.
10000794 4 years ago
Both the pilot and flight officer were ok.
10000794 4 years ago
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He failed to engage to autogyro and vermiculator switch.
prophetarisn 4 years ago
anyone god a news link ?
Seanjust 4 years ago
He failed to gain forward speed for the autorotation landing to work correctly...guess he panniked.
madcows10 4 years ago
He actually entered autorotation just fine but as he got closer to the ground the helicopter struck power lines turning a flawless emergency procedure into a nightmare of a crash. The airframe and engine are actually sitting in pieces at SIUC being disassembled right now.
jawsome86 2 years ago
@madcows10 You guessed wrong.
aligerous 1 year ago
What did he scream out seconds before crash?
madcows10 4 years ago
"FLARE! FLARE!"
jpdpilot182 4 years ago
40years of day and night helicopter flying allows me to say :
- single engine flying at night is OK but for a better chance when flying an autorotation, ...fly a Jet-Ranger!
- finally I prefer to fly twins, no discussion about that!
srefondini 4 years ago 2
thats not a robinson... its am MD500
also they did survived with medium injuryes.
that halicopter had crashed 2 times before this one because of engine failure. this one was the last one.
the auto was going good untill the pilot got scared of a light post and flared way too much and too high for a safe landing.
drhugobr 4 years ago
Robinson is only used in the search so it gets more hits.
simpson6025 4 years ago
@simpson6025 And wastes peoples' time due to intentional inaccurracy.
aligerous 1 year ago
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@simpson6025 In response to: "Robinson is only used in the search so it gets more hits.", so why for gods sake don't you just add MD500?! Keyword spamming is one of the most stupid things you can do on youtube. Just to push your ego with "hey i got more views than you retard". providing better content WITH better and more exact description will bring you way more views than stupid keyword spamming. cheers
hedgehogtk 1 year ago
It's neither a robinson or an MD 500 it's a schweizer 333.
jawsome86 2 years ago
@drhugobr
Negative, this is a Schweizer 333 turbine.
SAPD does not fly MD helicopters at all.
motokid032 8 months ago
Are they ok?
Zidanos 4 years ago
Sorry I don't know the out come of the crash but it dose not look good.
simpson6025 4 years ago
Both pilots survived with injuries. The airframe and engine are sitting at SIUC in pieces being disassembled for training components
jawsome86 2 years ago 2
Good..Thanks for the update
Zidanos 2 years ago