FALMOUTH, MA- Coast guard Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing (04-26-09)

FALMOUTH A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter yesterday morning made a precautionary landing in Petersons Field in Falmouth after a helicopter warning light blinked on.

At 9:45 a.m., the helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod and its three-man crew landed without injury or damage in the farm field off Woods Hole Road, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Matthew Belson in Boston.

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There were no reported injuries. Peterson Farm, which hosts about 40 field workers and a flock of sheep, is located approximately 5 miles south of the Coast Guard Air Station at Otis Air Base in Bourne, Massachusetts.

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[nocalsteve]

Welcome to the United States Goat Guard!

[pommyrooter]

maybe it was hidden behind the lama

[bummfarto]

F-ing news people. Picture of sky, field, helicopter. BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!

[sertox12345]

they need to make black halks stonger .

[torchey58]

crap

[MUSTANG408W]

I work on HH-60G Pave Hawks and we once had to make an emergency landing due to hydraulic fluid loss at the tail. A friend of mine that is a Black Hawk pilot in the Army has lost tail rotor gearbox cowlings before. There are a lot of fasteners to hold the cowling on, but they can still pop off if the receptacles for the fasteners are worn out or someone didn't perform a good preflight inspection.

[mystinger72]

@jvn1111 Yep, the tail on the 60 is heavy, so they tilt the rotor over to provide lift, help it hover without over torquing the trans.

[Mockeraina]

@jvn1111 The tail rotor is Canted 20 degrees to provide lift (2.5% of total lift during hover).

[jvn1111]

why the tail rotor tilt in angle like that ?