Llanberis Helicopter Crash

Llyn Padarn, Llanberis August 1993 wessex Helicopter crash

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Llanberis
• wessex
• helicopter
• crash

[efnissien]

I was a couple of Km away from the home base at RAF Valley. I'm used to seeing them flying overhead, but looked up as it passed overhead a few moments before the crash and said "Someones in trouble" to a workmate. He later freaked out, when he'd heard what had happened.

[ToonandBBfan]

I remember this well.

I was an Air cadet at RAF Kinloss in 1993 when this happened.

The padre pulled us all into the hall and told us about it.

Terrible accident

[MrLlanberis]

Llanberis100 the mountain is called yr wyddfa and as all you english can't understand welsh for you it called learn welsh

[llifs123]

stupid air cadets. it sucks anyway. join the army cadets. make your mark. 

[comptur]

@comptur about the rich life I refer to the Old Ladies, as RAF people refered.

[comptur]

@dropkickmurphy01 #1, I'm sorry but my mastering of Spanish (my native language) made me wrong. #2 again, I'm sorry, I was thinking on entering A/R (just in case of a misspelling) ONLY BECAUSE OF THE T/R, but it's possible as you say. #3 For 22 years I've been an engineer and crewman on UH-1B, UH-1H, B-212 (Griffen), HC Mk2 and AS-365 (Dauphin) this for only a short time. Now I'm retired, as well as our Mk2's, but only after a very rich life here in the south. Beautiful machine to fly.

[dropkickmurphy01]

@comptur #1 learn to spell "autorotation". #2 autorotations are perfectly possible with a tail rotor failure, due to the engine not applying torque to the main rotor to cause uncontrollable yaw, tail rotor inputs are not needed. every student pilot learns this. #3 you're clearly not an engineer/ airman of any sort if you don't know the basic workings of a helicopter.

[aligerous]

@Forkmeister Got it. You're right. I failed to read back far enough to see where you were coming from. Nicely done. Additionally, I think I would opt not to spin as well.

[Forkmeister]

@aligerous Please read all my previous posts (in this thread). If the pilot saw a small town ahead and wanted to avoid it, just after crossing a lake. (which is my understanding here...) then a 180 would be appropriate to put the aircraft into the water. Obviously, any variation would work based on the circumstances at the time of the TR failure...but spinning the AC to touchdown would NOT be a suitable option for me. ALL RC INSTRUCTORS teach reduce torque to manage TR (or anti torque) failure.

[aligerous]

@Forkmeister I was just wondering why turning the aircraft 180 degrees would be better than a straight in. If the only acceptable area to terminate an auto was behind the helicopter, a 180 makes perfect sense. Without having any idea if the best LZ was in front of, beside or behind the helicopter, I was just wondering why you thought a 180 was appropriate. Obviously an auto can be entered in any direction. Thoughts? Are you a helicopter pilot? Hours?