"Can We Make It?" helicopter crash

[19Truth53]

Way to go, DUMBASS!

[PsychoJester26]

@elmsy1664 You, are fucking retarded. The Apache program was fully an American development as to find a replacement for the aging U.S. Army Cobras. Get your shit straight.

[520johnaltman]

Hey elmsy go use your "larger" tiny piece of meat to try to please that ugly cow you call your wife. That is if you have one you stupid fuck.

[KingOfTheClutch]

@elmsy1664 Since we are speaking of history, Regardless of the White house being burnt down, we still kicked your ass, During WWII, which country aided yours in a risky endeavor to feed your country the firepower it needed?

Question.......do you speak German?......I didn't think so, your welcome, now fuck off and stop trying to be someone your not.

We're ALL allies in this nasty place we call home, start acting like it, because one day, both sides will need each other more than ever.

[dhansenofd]

@elmsy1664 yeah just like your superior military really did whip us in 1776..... hmmm.. who made the english apaches? THE AMERICANS. your military doesnt even have its own combat helicopter you moron

[JMacDaddyFunk]

@elmsy1664 I'm sorry...did you say better hygiene??? Really?

[soldierguy851]

such a sad waste of an apache.

[dhansenofd]

@soldierguy851 i dont know for sure but it may not even be an apache. the radio communications sounds like it is coming from a civilian air controller, not military communications, but i could be wrong.

[traften]

oh ye of little faith........ love it

[ndileonardo]

"oh ye of little faith." Good lord that was classic

[NYSP22DAVID]

Next time, listen to your gunner.

[PhuckHue2]

"oh shit! get it under control!"

[edxx7]

HE SAID NOPE!!

[kffive]

0:33 "I'm Good, I'm Good"  MMMMMM NOPE!

[slider2732]

It's the military version of "hold my beer, watch this"

[Redmilitiageneral]

think well make it in between there?.... Nope....

[derekxnl]

This accident caused $1 million in damage.

[bipolar156]

famous last words. Yeah sure we can look how big it is in there. lol. im glad they were ok though.

[Sahadi420]

@toadrobot yea, and the next time his gunner says "nope" with no hesitation the pilot will probably listen a weeee bit more!!

[Sahadi420]

@toadrobot No, I'm not a pilot. But my father, a retired CW4 Apache pilot was. And when I showed him this even he said it was bad judgement, (he never crashed his apache). I'm just glad the good o' boy landed the bird safely.

[dfl4701]

@Sahadi420 on our tax dollar sure

[joevil2025]

that's what happens when you ahve kids who learned how to fly from VG

or are from the south ....

[jjhurlburt]

hey hold my BEER... Watch this

[kfl21]

there's your sign.....

[Apolyion]

Pilot 1- "Think we can make it in between there?"

Pilot2- "Nope."

LMAO!

[gooserex]

"Oh ye of little faith" OH man, bet he's never lived this one down in the mess hall...

[Sahadi420]

You would think a pilot wouldn't make such "from the hip" decisions with a 12 million dollar piece of equipment.

[Sodiumreactor]

@Sahadi420 12 million that they dont have to pay for.

[matthewlrutledge]

Fail.

[kingfreeland]

Can we make it? Nope... Ah shut the fuck up

[suzukiholdenman]

id say he was a bit over confident?

but did he land it?

[Hawkeye8921]

This happend at Fort Campbell. Yes landed both pilots were fine. Better believe this flir tape was used against them ha. I believe it was the PC (pilot in command) who initially asked the question and consequently also flew into the trees.

[htool11462]

:23 "oh ye of little faith, look how big that is" ... "hold on!! Oh damn!!"

I am sure the pilot will never live that one down.

[law101]

lol cant we make it thorugh ther . sure we can its big enough. uh oh. :P i hope the FAA revoked ther licences

[Hawkeye8921]

its an Army Apache..

[sfauver36]

NOPE! what part of "NOPE" didn't he understand? WOW!

[ohiorc]

did the pilots die? if so very sad

[Hawkeye8921]

both were fine.

[cheech85086]

LMAO!!

00:22 "oh ye of little faith..."

[N73RZ]

I assumed it was at night because its a FLIR camera.

[VAJOWLES]

when you fly hard things like this are a possibility. The tree wasn't hidden, the pilot ran into it.

[N73RZ]

Why is he flying so low at night?

[aligerous]

Are you sure it was night? How can you tell?

[Sahadi420]

@N73RZ thats "nap of the earth" flight. It keeps them under radar. Flying low and fast at night is what the apache is all about. They do it all the time, just they usually bring the thing back to base!

[sgh41]

I was the crew chief for 8525974 at the time of the crash. The FLIR did not show a "hidden" tree. The main rotor strike caused a severe out-of-balance condition. The subsequent hard landing cracked the airframe amidships...just as designed. Both pilots survived without injury.

[aresenic14]

seriously pops? u use big words lol

[Mifodiy35]

Actually you can clearly see the tree at 0:23 and even pieces of debris flying at 0:26 .

[vegassDJ]

I told you so!!

[jballzzz]

I heard the word "Nope!" I'm sure you heard "Nope!' All heard "Nope!" except the dumbass PIC(pilot in charge)!!!! Nope!!

[AircraftDriver]

pic stands for pilot in command dumbass

[jballzzz]

Sorry!....Dumbass!!!

[freightdog777]

There are old pilots...

There are Bold pilots...

There are no Old, Bold pilots...

[jballzzz]

" Nope!"

[eatu4t01]

haha some mothers do av em

[AircraftDriver]

1:25 looks like they hit a tree

[drevilownsu]

there is no 1:25.... ?

[algeriamacgyver]

the rotor actually did

[jghqaltga5926]

the main not the tail

[shotfirer1972]

scary shit seeing bits of your main rotor flying around in front of you doing 100 knots at night,

[aligerous]

How can you tell this happened at night?

[shotfirer1972]

FLIR? Not in daylight

[aligerous]

FLIR has nothing to do with day or night. It can be used, and often is, during the daytime. It's almost 8AM as I sit here and I will likely be using the FLIR in the next couple hours. It's whatever the best tool for the job is that determines what get used.

[shotfirer1972]

Ten four

[Vireo]

@aligerous

I believe you, but could you offer a little more explanation?  Why would you use FLIR during the day?

[aligerous]

7AM. Ground and bushes still cool having not been heated much by the sun. Suspect flees from a vehicle into bushes along freeway. Can't see into bushes well, too thick. Suspect's body temperature contrasts well with the cooler surrounding vegitation. Easier to see suspect with FLIR. As the surrounding vegitation temperature rises, FLIR will be less effective because the contrast will be less.

[Hawkeye8921]

a good flir has a day mode, extra eye plus on the flir screen other info is given in a central location i.e. airspeed and Rad Alt....

[GlennQuagmire247]

"Oh ye of old faith..." - Instant famous last words...

[BrassAxe]

"Oh ye of little faith.." A seldom used American saying.. Old faith doesn't even make that much sense..

[amydawned]

Where did you get "old faith?" Do you not understand the expression? Simply put, "Oh ye of little faith" means "Oh you, who has little faith." It's not complicated. It makes perfect sense. It appears your reading comprehension skills are lacking.

[Eiltis]

I think the better last words to this video

"Think I can make it in between there?  Nope"

[RottenMaggot]

They later crashed in a hospital filled with children, There were no survivors ^_~ lol jk That would have been fun

[onceANexile]

Fuck...scarey when you got someone whose over confident...I'm flad I got out of them things...med-e-vacs

[ken4741]

This one is a classic that will be shown for years to come...Just hope they survived.

[Buddude197]

"Won't you be redfaced when they get the black box on this one!" --Stewie Griffin

[JoeMiozza]

Oh, yee of little faith...

[Bagwsp]

Maneuvers best left for Flight Simulators. In his defense, he maintained control flawlessly after clipping his "wings"

[Mustang01]

i wonder how many times he said "told ya so!"

[NZ500D]

They are obviously practising 'nap of the earth' flying. Very important in a combat situation.

[hl2isbestv2]

"think i can make it in between there?" "Nope..." "Comon look how big that is!" *crash* OOPS!!!

[ExiExi]

WOW. So stupid and dangerous

Steve-O is that you?

[mancunianforever]

maybe he thought choppers are for chopping trees.

[JamesFallon23]

LOL....He'l listen to the co-pilot in furture....

Pilot- "Think i'll make it in between there?"

Co.Pilot- "Nope"

[valiumsummer]

I hope the co-pilot kicked the living shit out of the pilot. If you are going to be a hot dog risk taker you make sure you do it when you are flying solo.

[blindreap3r]

hahah

he says "can we make it?"

co says "no"

pilot "look how big that is"

[riveRBear16]

He Clip the fck tree. Wath a\Idiot

[xStrangeWillx]

"Oh ye of little faith... OH SHIT!"

But props to the pilot, keeping it under control.

[Evilone5234]

Hey, they were able to keep it under control after HITTING something in a HELICOPTER.

Nice job, lol.

[lyonsuteo]

I can't see a thing

[BoomMelonshot]

LMFAO think we can make it through there?......... Nope.

[lvcyberpimpin]

after they landed he looked down and he said, "Maybe she's right, my c**k may only be 3 inches instead of 10."

[rsofia517]

Damn, Anyone notice this guy uses the same call sign "EAGLE" and sounds just like the other guys who crashed in the shoping mall parking lot in another video! I know "EAGLE" is a common call sign but come on now !

[gdfsob]

He he, too bad they didn't have cameras in the cockpit.... aimed at their faces!

Rotor blades.... $3,000

cockpit cleaning... $100

New underwear... $3

The looks on their faces when they didn't make it......

PRICELESS!

[RedundantAssassin]

I know that you were probably just throwing numbers out...but the rotor blades would cost a hell of alot more than that. :)

[blackhatch46]

dude rotorblades are way more than that!

[mhale71]

ad 2 more zeros for those rotor blades ei.

[Quillons1]

@gdfsob $3000 for rotor blades??? Try 50,000 bro! They're not cheap!

[cdtoadams]

@gdfsob i think that estimate of Rotor blades $3,000 is very optimistic :D

[phsjr]

@gdfsob just for the record, rotor blades cost a lot more than $3,000.... try more like $30,000 or $40,000

[naval8viator]

@phsjr Likely more than that. Ailerons on the F18 cost over $120,000

[Scorpac]

@naval8viator this is no f-18 anyway but it will be more expensive... if you hit something with blades and the rotor begins to vibrate some pretty expensive parts must be changed :P

[naval8viator]

Thank you for correcting a statement I never made... Obviously its not an F18, but four months ago I made a comment to demonstrate the large price tag on aviation parts. If the aileron on an F18 goes for over 120,000, the main rotors on an Apache are going to be far greater.

[kffive]

LOL RIGHT! Glad they didnt have a POOP CAM!

[newbielives]

To his grand kids

And that was how I shat my pants for the first time

[valiumsummer]

to his grand kids...

"And that is how I became a short order cook at Denny's"

[redstone31]

i bet the guy who said they couldn't make it through beat the crap out of the pilot afterwards! i know i would have, putting other ppls lives in danger like that! sheesh...

[Arty288]

HA HA HA HA... American's, gotta love 'em..

[gdfsob]

He he, famous last words...

"Oh ye of little faith, look how big that is..."

Wonder if it was an Apache or a Cobra they were flying?

[ce550b]

atc called him an apache.

[SenorSpode]

Took the words right outta my mouth!

[UberCookieboy]

Damn! Those trees sure do sneak up on you!

[lvcyberpimpin]

dumbass...take his license away.

[SenorSpode]

Right after we take your YouTube permit away. Dumbass.

[ilikeporsche959s]

haha yee of little faith

[TheDarDar1]

I'll bet somebody's pants had to go to the cleaners that evening.

[thagingerbreadman]

LMFAO

[dragunov866]

this is battlefield 2 gui

[odelgado78]

BUNCH OF COWBOYS

[SmoothJohnson]

yeah, if you have to ask the answer is no

[clintster77]

that's not true gruvenp, up here in northern Canada i worked with some ex-viet nam pilots in heli-logging that routinely widened out lz's cutting willows 2-3 inches thick with their rotor blades. Those guys know exactly where the end of those blades reach to. Mostly bell 205's and 212's.awesome pilots.

[casiopilot]

o his american that y

[robaksha]

go fuck yourself, casiopilot

[kurtoneal]

Thats what I am paying for; My taxes at work

[mvertigo16]

looks like faith don't fly helicopters

[Gissur33]

That was clearly too narrow!

[Gissur33]

This guy played too much Battlefield 2!

[mohanicus]

STUPID BASTARD

fuckin showing off.

im glad

[freedomlovr]

HA HA, what a bumbass. Taxpayer dollars at work. Don't you just love government efficiency.

[paramedic6801]

I love it. " Do you think I cab make it between there? NOPE! Cmon have a little faith". crash. lol

[helobelow]

This was a training mission I was told somewhere on the east coast where they simulate combat missions. Possibly S. Carolina or Georgia I can't recall.

[lothar2048]

1) They were in infiltration mission, so low altitude is the basics for penetrating an enemy territory without be shooted out by missile, what they are searching in fact for destruction.

2) The blade a specially designed to cut the bracnhes, but this on was bigger and stronger than expectedc, and the the main rotor blades were a little shorted but not fully destroyed ... So the pilot and it's wingman get safe to the groud with a shaking (blade desequilibration) but still flying heli :)

[gruvenp]

lothar: 1. This was a training flight. 2. Flying between trees is almost never necessary. 3. No helicopter pilot wants or trains to cut branches with his rotor blades.

[HerkMeck]

In a combat zone, helicopters are dead meat. So the lower you can go the better. This aircrew was probably given a slap and the wrist, and one hell of a bad time in the squadron.

[dalzilla]

any details on this mishap? were they OK? It looked like they touched down ok.

[Vicariousinsanity]

Some of you are saying he's flying like a game. They're trained to fly so that things cannot shoot at them all the time. Lapse in judgement though. he should have listened to the other mind in the heli with him.

[aajoeyjo]

Looks like "ye of little faith" was right. A little more aggressive skepticism would've prevented this accident.

[Herr2Cents]

Nope! He sounded pretty sure. This ain't no video game!

[ApocalypsesDawn]

they hit the tree i think

[SenorSpode]

It wasn't a crash; It was a controlled emergency landing. Moron.

Props to the pilot!

[apgully47]

yeah...props for putting himself and co-pilot in needless danger...

[prelan]

WHAT???? fucking dumbass flyin around like its a playstation game. fuck

[ifhtfir]

pilots are trained to fly evasivley(i think thats how you spell it) and even then great job on the landing, awsome skills brother.

[gruvenp]

The accident investigation didn't see it that way. Ever seen the B-52 crash at Fairchild AFB, 1995? Another high-risk pilot in action. Sooner or later you kill yourself and probably someone else too.

[LordEarth13]

Wtf? Doesn't look like tehy even crashed to me?

[Louderdb]

Flight Control says; "(unintellagable) 2-4-3-2-80 yeah good afternoon..." It was a daytime flight.

[HYOUNGE]

Duh, thanks. If I woulda been listening a little better I would have caught that. Lol

[h46av8r]

I love this video - the best part is the co-pilot's response and then how he just watches the pilot fly right into the trees. I forget what all the aircrew coordination skills are but I do know which one this guy screwed up - ASSERTIVENESS. This video was used repeatedly in Naval aviation aircrew coordination training.

[cashman156]

Balls before brains = crash!

[HotrunVideo]

Ye of little faith LoL. Shoulda listened to the other guy - he saw that coming.

[GamerFab]

o my god. but they live

[ranchoroncho]

I have flown nape of the earth many times as a crew member but only in daylight, and I gotta tell ya, it was 30 years ago, and I will never forget it. I always told the pilots that they could not damage my helicopter though.You think I'm kidding? None ever did.

[SenorSpode]

Whoa! Did that thing throw shrapnel?

[Beatles5]

Ha, ha, ha. Luckily it wasn't Usama Bin Ladens garden :-D

[Etorresdeltoro]

LOL Oh yes he MUST if he wants to stay alive in a real combat situation.. Bad call on tree clearance, though.

Peace.

[Etorresdeltoro]

Combat maneuvering low-level night ATC supervised practice. He thought he could go between those trees but couldn't. Sudden blade imbalance from impact caused all the shaking. Pilot says "i've go it" meaning he's under control and preparing for landing.

Can't see if he landed ok from the video but time is critical, he's got to land before helo shakes apart from vibration and loses control.

Peace.

[Billybibb]

Im a helicopter pilot he was flying NAP of the earth flying to low and at night time under NVGs which restricts your a feild of view , and the Rotor blades ended up impacting the the tree on the right , classic and deadly mistake , looks like a military flight aswell the ATC controller was assigning him a Sqawk Code for his transponder , Radar and Altitude encoding.Why he choose to fly at below 500Ft AGL doesnt make sense to me ?

[HYOUNGE]

Yes it was military - U.S. Army - AH-64. NOE flying is conducted as low as terrain and obstacles will allow. NOE is required training during both day and night. That squawk code was likely for another aircraft as the crew didn't respond to ATC. As for this being at night, I would think not being that the TADS is in the fixed forward position. Even if flying with NVGs the TADS would normally still be slaved to the pilot's helmet.

[kairon156]

what the hell was that?? I saw no crash I could hardly hear what they were saying too. oh well.

[ukjoeuk]

lol

[lolinternetslol]

In all honesty, the pilot in the video can fly a chopper, which is probably far more than any of us can say, so our critisizim is kinda lame.

[acsherm3]

Ive flow with a lot of people....I was always taught....never trust the guy that says "Watch This" and "think We'll make it?" Good recovery though. Whew

[xxxhelios]

hillbillies.... it aint your old chevy..lol

[tisoy909]

You think i can make it in between there? " Nope " , why you ask beeyatch?

[F0ckUtoob]

Nextime your taking fire, and the guy can't come from up high becouse of rpg's and such be gladd he trined.

You dumbPucks can all bitch but, its his job he has to learn, HOW to do it.

Jz33040, go tune your supra so your unexperienced ass will die in it.

[jz33040]

This game is awsome! Who makes it?

[rotundrooster]

After the snafu he did a fine job of getting it under control...next time pull up a lil dummy

[Crimmyblues]

And nobody has called this guy an asshole pilot yet when all the others have been.,

[Wooboo]

Probably because he is not an asshole. A dumbass, yes. An Asshole? No.

[norirelandguy]

zzzzzzzzzzzz

[wingrove]

wish there was a bit more at the end, looks like they got it down and kinda stable. looks pretty out of balance tho

[longbow15y]

this is a OH-58D KIOWA, not an Apache helicopter. all pilots haven encountered some kind of near experiences with trees , some have crashed others don't. but it takes more guts to fly a helicopter at night than you seating for the first in a single engine plane to fly, in a sunny day. KIOWA and APACHES, they've the ability to fly in all kind of weather, day or/and night. remenber ; helicopter are stalker by nature, they own the night. FLY ARMY!

[dust21devil]

Damn right.

Pavelows lead the way!

[hiimbrady]

semper fi ; )

[HYOUNGE]

Sorry, it's not a 58. It is in fact an AH-64 "A" model. I was assigned the front seat and later the back seat in that machine