The pilot's control is extraordinary, the way he hopped back to the center of the pad so the net could break his spin. If that wasn't the pilot's skill, it was the luckiest damned moment in his life.
If you watch very closely you might notice that the heli almost takes off the wave before. The next wave is a bit bigger and it actually throws (for want of a better word) off the deck. She reacts naturally by pulling hard on the cyclic which forces the tail rotor into the deck and smashing it. You can see it later not spinning at all, and this sends the heli into a spin. An amazing save by the pilot
Had to look this one up- I just heard the story about this from a sailor on that ship, after I expressed my amazement about a relatively small ship like that having a helicopter deck (was only visiting, and this shows what a land lubber like me knows about ships). Anyway, it sure made a lasting impression, it seems. And hats off to that pilot, that save must have required amazing skill!
I don't see any deck straps holding on to the skids. That was some nasty turbulence and fast thinking getting it back on the deck after the tail rotor strike !
I don't see a deck strap attached to the aircraft. Also, I doubt the pilot intended to take off when he did, since there was a ground crew member still under the disk.. I imagine the deck pitching has something to do with this accident, but they are very lucky to have got away with a heavy landing and a damaged tail rotor..
THE HELICOPTER WEIGHTS WHAT IT WEIGHTS. THE COMMENTS ON HERE ARE BY NON PILOTS. I FLEW ON TUNA BOATS FOR SEVERAL YEARS OUT OF MEXICO AND THE HELICOPTER DOES NOT JUMP OFF THE DECK BUY ANY LESS TORQUE THAN IF IT WERE ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD. DUMMY
Guy on the deck must've been clean shitting himself. Pilot has the reflexes of a hero, putting it back on the ground that quick, regardless of who's at fault for the heli taking off prematurely.
the pilot caused it by trying to lift off and pull away before the one guy had completed undoing the deck straps. you can see the guy make a lunge in an attempt to remove it as the helicopter starts to move. he was the luckiest guy in this video as he apparently didnt get hit by the tail rotor or tailboom after the tail rotor hit the deck and got mangled. that was good piloting keeping the copter on the deck and not going in the drink.
It was gravity, the weight of the helo was already low because of the rotors going, then you can see the ship go up and back down essentially throwing the helicopter in the air
I have watched it and watched it. I can not se any ground ropes at all catching on the thing. And should he have been taking off before the two guys were clear???? Cheers pete
The deckhand closest to camera pointed to other deckhand that there was one more line... When he unhooked that last line it allowed the rear to... well... rear up causing the pilot to be caught off guard but he had some cat like reflexes for the save!!!
That guy was almost mincemeat! HOLY CRAP! Lucky lucky lucky! And then the skill displayed by the pilot.. That was just... man. He didn't over correct one bit. Well played.
When the pilot lifted off, he was out of control and he was going forward. He pulled the cyclic back to keep from flying into the ship and that caused him to drag the tail rotor into the deck, destroying it. He's extremely lucky to get it back on the deck without killing the deck hand and flipping the plane over the edge.
The deck strap had nothing to do with it. If you look carefully, you'll see that on take-off, the pilot tilted the chopper back and the rear rotor hit the deck and instantly stopped rotating at full speed, which caused the chopper to start spinning violently. The rear rotor continues to spin very slowly, and at the end of the video you can plainly see that the rear rotor is damaged and bent out of shape.
Dark Gaucho that doesnt explain anything. The pilot pitched up to avoid hitting the ship in front of him. The tail roror was a casualty of this. The qustion is why did he start towards the ship and notstraight up
benargee I don't think the pilot was trying to take off at that moment. 1) The pilot would normally wait for the deck hand to clear the helipad before take off. 2)The helicopter was thrown into the air by the pitching of the ship. If you look at 21 seconds, the helicopter is almost thrown into the air on the previous pitch. The pilot should have maintained a little negative pitch to hold the helicopter on the deck until ready to take-off.
The pitching deck was causing the craft to go light... even the slightest amount of positive pitch would have bucked her off the deck when the deck pitched in sympathy. The pilot was pulling every ounce of skill and luck to sit those skids back on the deck with just a damaged tail rotor. The deck crew were also lucky SOB's. As a rotor-head... I would not be happy with that webbing on the deck, I did not see a skid catch in the webbing, but it looks like it could snag a skid quite easily. These Greenpeace bods and pilot need to reappraise their whole deck/pad procedure. Dear oh dear.... :( IJammer
I think keeping the throttle well below operating speed may have kept this from happening. Only raising throttle to regular speed when you're ready to take off and everyone is clear.
If you notice the helicopter rocks forward a little every time the deck of the ship heaves. once the pilot was light on the skids, a heave of the ship would be all it takes to get the helicopter airborne earlier than the pilot anticipated. Nice job putting her down, early recognition of tail rotor loss due to striking the deck. I dont know if I buy the deck strap theory that the poster indicates. You clearly see all the deck straps being removed and actually being taken away by the ground crew.
Thanks for that. I have watched it again with your words in mind and twice before his take off you see the rottor lift. I therefore think you are right. Great flying by the guy. But I have come to believe over the years; any one that get a pilots licence has to be good to a certain degree, just being the type of person that wants to fly make us like this. Glad pilot nore the chopper got hurt. Cheers, Pete
Tail rotor definitely got screwed up, wasn’t rotating after the impact, so maybe a gearbox failure, but for sure in need of a blade replacement. Probably a $100k fix.
Well I'm glad I was wrong. Keep it up man. Hope you become a kickass pilot one day flying charity missions around the world - maybe even flying for greenpeace haha
Idk, I dont think anyone in this video should be in the position they are in. The deckhands obviously had know plan and are running around lost and forgetful and the pilot? Come on, you know there are 2 deckhands and you only have eyes on 1? But you fly anyway. The incompetence in this video is overwhelming.
hi i am a 9 year old girl and i see this acciedents everyday in newspapers so i feel very bad when the people fall from the building mainly , they are wasting their lives what to do they never listen .......
I'm pretty sure that as the boat crested the heli was thrown into the air, and then the pilot caught the controls and pulled back to avoid colliding with the boat and the tail rotor smacked the ground. Great instincts by the pilot.
That bird should never have attempted to lift while the person was still in the zone for any reason. Poor communication between the operation manager and the pilot. Thats how people get killed. Maybe not this time. There will be a next time if they don’t get their shit in order.
Oh Man! he is better than a stunt pilot. Nobody can get away from a situation like this. His contra rotors are gone at the prime thrust and he steers the craft like a car. Bravo!
As rear strap below the tail rotor was released late and main rotor was powered up as the front deck hand moved away. Needed a third signal officer to indicate straps all clear was not present.
Just think of the carbon foot print of a large ship like that with all of its tens of thousands of gallons of fuel burnt. engines generators and helicopters. And the flatulence of a ship load of vegetarian hippies. I watched a tv interview of a guy who worked on one of the hippie anti whaling ships. He said the woman smelled like hamsters.
Looked at this several times. It appears that the deckhand has the tiedown in his hand when he dives for the deck. The pilot had some collective in when the ship settled down in the wave, and got caught unaware when the chopper lifted off, then he paniced and pulled the cyclic, causing the nose to pitch up and slam the tail into the deck. Pilot error
I didn't realize he destroyed his tail rotor and I think neither did the pilot. As he gets out, you see the workers point this out to him, he looks at the rotor, then says something to the passengers, then walks to the rotor to see for himself.
I do not see any straps to hold the helicopter logically it was a catastrophic low wind gust in conjunction with with the simple lifting speed from the helicopter he raised it in the air thankfully the pilot he managed immediately to download it again in the video it seems clear in the 0:20 the back part of the helicopter to get up from some other low wind gust, the same at 0:35 (The wind lifts the rear part) but the helicopter has already stopped the lifting speed.
The engine is still run while straps are applied un case the chopper moves/slides before it's secure , the pilot was extremely luckily/skilful depending on ye opinion ta set it bk down , the two ground crew were defo been watched over especially the guy near the tailrotor as it hits the deck .
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@MinecraftTNTChick Not pure luck, you can see he goes heavy on the cyclic to try to return the helicopter to the pad right after takeoff (although this is what causes the tail strike, but it does help him get back onto the pad), then levels it out after it goes into a spin. He's lucky, but he also did the right things to reposition the helicopter and land as best he could.
Pilot error. Lifted off without visual deck clearance, moved forward instead of a vertical hover which caused him to pull up abruptly, striking the tail rotor on the deck. With the tail rotor damaged, engine torque pulled the heilo around in a circle. He's lucky he had enough traction/friction on the netting to stop further spinning (off the fantail into the ocean).
The pilot either tried to lift before everyone was clear and the helicopter was detached, or he was sitting there with too high of power for the sea conditions and when the ship fell with the swells got into ground effect. With the way that tail rotor was swinging around the pilot is lucky he didn't kill anyone.
@brettbouler If you watch the video, you'll notice the helicopter lifted as the boat went over the crest of a wave. There was simply too much power during idle so when the ship dropped the helo went airborne.
It looked like the pilot was fixing to pick up during some choppy water (which he shouldn't have been), or the pilot wasn't trying to pick up and the boat rocking was aggressive enough to basically drop the boat out from underneath the helicopter. You can see the helicopter get light on the skids from rocking and then it went into the air from the next rock. The tail strike was because he was trying to prevent his main rotor from hitting the ship. After that first rock he should have went back down to idle to prevent any more movement.
No, "deckstrap" - WHERE? What I see in the slow motion at 0:54, is that the forward-gliding helicopter receives a massive sideway-input when the right landing-gear ski gets yanked to the side by that steel ring mounted on the deck (it even BENDS). Maybe that caused an over-reaction from the pilot then. Afterwards, the rear rotor breaks upon ground-contact which causes the helicopter to wildly rotate. There was TONS of luck involved in the happy outcome - despite quick reactions from the pilot.
@MinecraftTNTChick Not pure luck, you can see he goes heavy on the cyclic to try to return the helicopter to the pad right after takeoff, then levels it out after it goes into a spin. He's lucky, but he also did the right things to reposition the helicopter and land as best he could.
What really happened is that the tail rotor drive shaft snapped on takeoff. You can see that the tail rotor is barely turning. It isn't a strobe effect either. Pause the video when it is visible and it is nice and sharp unlike the main rotor blades which you can't even see. If you look close at 1:03 the tail rotor comes to a complete stop for a moment. Good reaction by the pilot.
It looks more like to me that the tail rotor shaft spun, or broke, and that would explain the uncontrolled spinning of the helo. That pilot was smart to just set it down!
This was not a pilot error, if you change the setting of this video speed to 0.25 and watch closely in (slow motion) from 0.23 sec. The directional movement of the rear deckhand man and helicopter forward shift and lift off of helicopter has been caused by the ship tidal wave. you can also evidently see how the white foam at the back of the ship on the trail of the ship route disappearing before both helicopter and deck man before pushed forward that the angle of elevation was higher at the rear hence camera did not capture the trails foams . bringing back of the helicopter to the spot that where it was, this was a combination of the the pilot and force touch down was due to the ship tidal impact and same rolled the man deck man backward. however that does not eliminate the fact that Deck handlers could lost their life
other factors to consider will be the dipping of the horizon, what sort of platform the camera was stood on? side grid of both camera focus on the ship how the relate to the lift and shift
With careful attention to the video you can clearly see the ground crew member approach the rear of the helicopter without a strap, and depart after the incident with a strap. The helicopter being strapped to the deck would require heavy correction by way of longitudinal cyclic, which would lead to this type of thing. Not the relative placid sea conditions.
@garrrbo Yeah, that's exactly right, the wave action caused a premature takeoff and then tail-strike causing it to go into a spin. Looks like a combination of luck and flying skill (quick response to try to reposition the helicopter after take-off though this also causes the tail strike, and quick correction of cyclic when it went into a spin, then quick set down when it was fortunately in the right position) to get it back down properly.
@garrrbo Yeah, that's exactly right, the wave action caused a premature takeoff and then tail-strike causing it to go into a spin. Looks like a combination of luck and flying skill (quick response to try to reposition the helicopter after take-off, and quick correction of cyclic when it went into a spin, then quick set down when it was fortunately in the right position) to get it back down properly.
well, i know my question has nothing to do with the video, but why choppers with ducted tail rotors do a loud whining sound, when the duct actually is made to do less noise ? like the as 565 panther and the gazelle, for example.. thnx
looks to me like the rise and fall of that tall wave gave the helicopter some lift without the pilot expecting it. The rotor was just under lift off speed, so when the stern of the vessel rose then came down quickly, the result was lift off.
It can be clearly seen that the guy at the back has removed the tiedowns before liftoff.The chopper moved foreward before rotating. If the skid was stuck, it would have rolled to it's right.(dynamic rollover), The storey sounds like B.S. to me. "The straps had not been removed correctly". They were in his hands. What else was he supposed to do?
the pilot was actually good he saved the 2 people on the ground and the people in the heli and the wave caused it to go up and the back of the heli hit the ground so it caused it to spin
@jemezcat15 Wrong about the weight CG being off. There should have been a spotter in front of the helicopter to give the pilot an all clear. When the guy ran back the pilot should have been heads up that something was wrong and waited for the guy to reappear. Pilot/deck hand error. Improper launching technics. Pilot skill, good, luck, off the charts.
It was a poorly timed take off attempt, not caused by lack of collective, but by the pitch and roll of the ship as the weight transfer moved from the skids to the rotor. You can see it hop slightly as the ship is coming down just before the accident happens.
Great skills, but a lot of luck as well! Specially hitting the tail rotor!... I've worked as helicopter pilot on tuna boats and generally this kind of accident (forgot a strap) is deadly. On a flight deck or helicopter platform, as helicopter pilot, you must be very attentive to what is happening around the machine.
@1NoBrain6 They are trying NOT to get their heads chopped off by the propellor. If you watch closely everyone going near the copter has to bend down a little for safety
That one guy almost got killed like 5 times in as many seconds. 0_o
Well that pilot answer my question right away as to what that net under the copter was for. Excellent pilot! Hats off to you!
The plane?realy!!!
The pilot's control is extraordinary, the way he hopped back to the center of the pad so the net could break his spin. If that wasn't the pilot's skill, it was the luckiest damned moment in his life.
There is no luck when flying a helicopter. 100% skill. Well…I’ll give ya 1% luck.
@@al69420 I think that perfectly sums up it. 99% skill and %1.
Maybe the best piloting I have ever seen for any aircraft. Saved while spinning - no luck - sheer force of will to replant the heli on the deck.
If you watch very closely you might notice that the heli almost takes off the wave before. The next wave is a bit bigger and it actually throws (for want of a better word) off the deck. She reacts naturally by pulling hard on the cyclic which forces the tail rotor into the deck and smashing it. You can see it later not spinning at all, and this sends the heli into a spin. An amazing save by the pilot
The description says that one of the deck straps was released incorrectly
Either way, the pilot made an immaculate save
Had to look this one up- I just heard the story about this from a sailor on that ship, after I expressed my amazement about a relatively small ship like that having a helicopter deck (was only visiting, and this shows what a land lubber like me knows about ships). Anyway, it sure made a lasting impression, it seems. And hats off to that pilot, that save must have required amazing skill!
And so instead of telling his story, you talk about yourself. Thanks, for nothing!
@@catlady8324 Well, the story is in the video, so you are covered there, and you are welcome ;-)
@@catlady8324the story is in the description. She obviously had nothing to add. Nothing wrong with her comment.
jaw dropping reflexes from the pilot
0:27 Tail rotor damage
helicopter:ouch my tail
pliot:sorry
co-pliot: drive careful
what cracks me up is the deckhands continue to crouch and hug the deck and the helo crew gets out and stand and walk straight up
I don't see any deck straps holding on to the skids.
That was some nasty turbulence and fast thinking getting it
back on the deck after the tail rotor strike !
Luck.luck only
Watch closer, the deck hand on left goes back out empty handed, unhooks the deck strap, and can be seen bringing it back.
I would guess it was a bit Tense in the break room between Crew and Pilot.
Was worried for the crew until I read the description and realized it was all Greenpiss.
I don't see a deck strap attached to the aircraft. Also, I doubt the pilot intended to take off when he did, since there was a ground crew member still under the disk.. I imagine the deck pitching has something to do with this accident, but they are very lucky to have got away with a heavy landing and a damaged tail rotor..
THE HELICOPTER WEIGHTS WHAT IT WEIGHTS. THE COMMENTS ON HERE ARE BY NON PILOTS. I FLEW ON TUNA BOATS FOR SEVERAL YEARS OUT OF MEXICO AND THE HELICOPTER DOES NOT JUMP OFF THE DECK BUY ANY LESS TORQUE THAN IF IT WERE ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD. DUMMY
@@lifeingeneral9111 lol.
0:26
That guy shat himself so hard.
i dont blame him lol
0:26
Whew. Boy that net came in handy!
Guy on the deck must've been clean shitting himself. Pilot has the reflexes of a hero, putting it back on the ground that quick, regardless of who's at fault for the heli taking off prematurely.
the pilot caused it by trying to lift off and pull away before the one guy had completed undoing the deck straps. you can see the guy make a lunge in an attempt to remove it as the helicopter starts to move. he was the luckiest guy in this video as he apparently didnt get hit by the tail rotor or tailboom after the tail rotor hit the deck and got mangled. that was good piloting keeping the copter on the deck and not going in the drink.
You are absolutely right. Pilot should NOT have lifted off until the deck was clear!
It was gravity, the weight of the helo was already low because of the rotors going, then you can see the ship go up and back down essentially throwing the helicopter in the air
If you read the description...
I have watched it and watched it. I can not se any ground ropes at all catching on the thing. And should he have been taking off before the two guys were clear???? Cheers pete
The deckhand closest to camera pointed to other deckhand that there was one more line... When he unhooked that last line it allowed the rear to... well... rear up causing the pilot to be caught off guard but he had some cat like reflexes for the save!!!
That took skill to get that heli under control.
That guy was almost mincemeat! HOLY CRAP! Lucky lucky lucky! And then the skill displayed by the pilot.. That was just... man. He didn't over correct one bit. Well played.
When the pilot lifted off, he was out of control and he was going forward. He pulled the cyclic back to keep from flying into the ship and that caused him to drag the tail rotor into the deck, destroying it. He's extremely lucky to get it back on the deck without killing the deck hand and flipping the plane over the edge.
I'm not seeing a deck strap interfering with the take off.
The deck strap had nothing to do with it. If you look carefully, you'll see that on take-off, the pilot tilted the chopper back and the rear rotor hit the deck and instantly stopped rotating at full speed, which caused the chopper to start spinning violently. The rear rotor continues to spin very slowly, and at the end of the video you can plainly see that the rear rotor is damaged and bent out of shape.
Dark Gaucho that doesnt explain anything. The pilot pitched up to avoid hitting the ship in front of him. The tail roror was a casualty of this. The qustion is why did he start towards the ship and notstraight up
benargee I don't think the pilot was trying to take off at that moment. 1) The pilot would normally wait for the deck hand to clear the helipad before take off. 2)The helicopter was thrown into the air by the pitching of the ship. If you look at 21 seconds, the helicopter is almost thrown into the air on the previous pitch. The pilot should have maintained a little negative pitch to hold the helicopter on the deck until ready to take-off.
Agreed. The video description is completely wrong. Make me think this video was a re-post by someone not involved at all.
it wasnt a takeoff, dont know wtf it was but choppers dont takeoff with crew on the helideck
The pitching deck was causing the craft to go light... even the slightest amount of positive pitch would have bucked her off the deck when the deck pitched in sympathy. The pilot was pulling every ounce of skill and luck to sit those skids back on the deck with just a damaged tail rotor. The deck crew were also lucky SOB's. As a rotor-head... I would not be happy with that webbing on the deck, I did not see a skid catch in the webbing, but it looks like it could snag a skid quite easily. These Greenpeace bods and pilot need to reappraise their whole deck/pad procedure. Dear oh dear.... :( IJammer
I think keeping the throttle well below operating speed may have kept this from happening. Only raising throttle to regular speed when you're ready to take off and everyone is clear.
YOUR FULL OF SHIT
If you notice the helicopter rocks forward a little every time the deck of the ship heaves. once the pilot was light on the skids, a heave of the ship would be all it takes to get the helicopter airborne earlier than the pilot anticipated. Nice job putting her down, early recognition of tail rotor loss due to striking the deck. I dont know if I buy the deck strap theory that the poster indicates. You clearly see all the deck straps being removed and actually being taken away by the ground crew.
Thanks for that. I have watched it again with your words in mind and twice before his take off you see the rottor lift. I therefore think you are right. Great flying by the guy. But I have come to believe over the years; any one that get a pilots licence has to be good to a certain degree, just being the type of person that wants to fly make us like this. Glad pilot nore the chopper got hurt. Cheers, Pete
Tail rotor definitely got screwed up, wasn’t rotating after the impact, so maybe a gearbox failure, but for sure in need of a blade replacement. Probably a $100k fix.
Lucky they didn't go in the drink. Nice piece of piloting; saving that chopper after doing a 360 !
@'h
Good pilot
bet the deckhand had to change his pants
Steve King are you kidding me that guy almost got hit by the rear rotor if that's what it's called I'm more into planes
Steve King 7
Well I'm glad I was wrong. Keep it up man. Hope you become a kickass pilot one day flying charity missions around the world - maybe even flying for greenpeace haha
Upload part 2 "pilot getting even with the deck hand"
Idk, I dont think anyone in this video should be in the position they are in. The deckhands obviously had know plan and are running around lost and forgetful and the pilot? Come on, you know there are 2 deckhands and you only have eyes on 1? But you fly anyway. The incompetence in this video is overwhelming.
Love your shit jokes.
hi i am a 9 year old girl and i see this acciedents everyday in newspapers so i feel very bad when the people fall from the building mainly , they are wasting their lives what to do they never listen .......
Girl, never fly anything!
You would be 14 now.Happy birthday 🎂
one of my dream is to ride in a helicopter. thanks
Pilot skills..? He almost decapitated the deckhand.
I'm pretty sure that as the boat crested the heli was thrown into the air, and then the pilot caught the controls and pulled back to avoid colliding with the boat and the tail rotor smacked the ground. Great instincts by the pilot.
I suspect, you may be, correct.
Amazing no one was hurt.....
That bird should never have attempted to lift while the person was still in the zone for any reason. Poor communication between the operation manager and the pilot. Thats how people get killed. Maybe not this time. There will be a next time if they don’t get their shit in order.
Pretty sure the lift was by accident judging the way the helicopter took off
Also read the description before calling the pilots bad pilots
0:28 You can see the tail rotor striking the helipad and that cause the helicopter to spin around but luckily it landed back on the helipad
Same background as you & totally agree, Typical aircrew fuck up as usual..
Greenpeace at his finest..
0:36 "I'm getting the fuck out of here!"
Oh Man! he is better than a stunt pilot. Nobody can get away from a situation like this. His contra rotors are gone at the prime thrust and he steers the craft like a car. Bravo!
I believe it is a woman.
Guy in orange coat, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
the tail rotor almost got his ass, literally
As rear strap below the tail rotor was released late and main rotor was powered up as the front deck hand moved away. Needed a third signal officer to indicate straps all clear was not present.
2019, 2020?
Just think of the carbon foot print of a large ship like that with all of its tens of thousands of gallons of fuel burnt. engines generators and helicopters. And the flatulence of a ship load of vegetarian hippies. I watched a tv interview of a guy who worked on one of the hippie anti whaling ships. He said the woman smelled like hamsters.
greenpeace. so bushleague.
this was one of the first videos i watched on YT back in 2006...
Single bed single bed _YOYO TENGO_
Edit:I love you
Amateurs in every sense of the word.
not even one green terrorist got killed?
weak...
Helicopter pilot: I think conditions are rough.
Ship captain: Full speed ahead!
Looked at this several times. It appears that the deckhand has the tiedown in his hand when he dives for the deck. The pilot had some collective in when the ship settled down in the wave, and got caught unaware when the chopper lifted off, then he paniced and pulled the cyclic, causing the nose to pitch up and slam the tail into the deck. Pilot error
That guy almost got hit! cool that in the slow-mo you see the tail rotor stop completely hitting the deck
I didn't realize he destroyed his tail rotor and I think neither did the pilot.
As he gets out, you see the workers point this out to him, he looks at the rotor, then says something to the passengers, then walks to the rotor to see for himself.
Nice Recovery Pilot. That was sick
The rear tale propeller broke and that is why the chopper made a circle, but the quick thinking of the pilot to land immediately safed him.
I do not see any straps to hold the helicopter logically it was a catastrophic low wind gust in conjunction with with the simple lifting speed from the helicopter he raised it in the air thankfully the pilot he managed immediately to download it again in the video it seems clear in the 0:20 the back part of the helicopter to get up from some other low wind gust, the same at 0:35 (The wind lifts the rear part) but the helicopter has already stopped the lifting speed.
the guy on the left probably just kept screaming for about 3 seconds and wondered why heaven looked like the ship.
The engine is still run while straps are applied un case the chopper moves/slides before it's secure , the pilot was extremely luckily/skilful depending on ye opinion ta set it bk down , the two ground crew were defo been watched over especially the guy near the tailrotor as it hits the deck .
This almost became an episode of "Will It Blend XL".
Absolutely horrible.
That guy on the deck was lucky. I'd have jumped right off the edge.
I might have, too. And I'm terrified of the ocean, lol :D
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@MinecraftTNTChick Not pure luck, you can see he goes heavy on the cyclic to try to return the helicopter to the pad right after takeoff (although this is what causes the tail strike, but it does help him get back onto the pad), then levels it out after it goes into a spin. He's lucky, but he also did the right things to reposition the helicopter and land as best he could.
Pilot error. Lifted off without visual deck clearance, moved forward instead of a vertical hover which caused him to pull up abruptly, striking the tail rotor on the deck. With the tail rotor damaged, engine torque pulled the heilo around in a circle. He's lucky he had enough traction/friction on the netting to stop further spinning (off the fantail into the ocean).
The pilot either tried to lift before everyone was clear and the helicopter was detached, or he was sitting there with too high of power for the sea conditions and when the ship fell with the swells got into ground effect. With the way that tail rotor was swinging around the pilot is lucky he didn't kill anyone.
Good thinking
I couldn't possibly see any deck straps gone wrong. The chopper was released correctly but somewhy he just decided to land back.
how much oil are Greenpeace wasting on helicopters and naval ships?
@brettbouler If you watch the video, you'll notice the helicopter lifted as the boat went over the crest of a wave. There was simply too much power during idle so when the ship dropped the helo went airborne.
I cannot imagine what that pilot felt the second that chopper began to spin
It looked like the pilot was fixing to pick up during some choppy water (which he shouldn't have been), or the pilot wasn't trying to pick up and the boat rocking was aggressive enough to basically drop the boat out from underneath the helicopter. You can see the helicopter get light on the skids from rocking and then it went into the air from the next rock. The tail strike was because he was trying to prevent his main rotor from hitting the ship. After that first rock he should have went back down to idle to prevent any more movement.
@samhicks97 the pilot did turn it off the engine, can't you hear at 0:37 that the sound and frequency of the blade changes?
Ooph!
The heck propeller is lost.
Good job Mr. Pilot.
No, "deckstrap" - WHERE?
What I see in the slow motion at 0:54, is that the forward-gliding helicopter receives a massive sideway-input when the right landing-gear ski gets yanked to the side by that steel ring mounted on the deck (it even BENDS). Maybe that caused an over-reaction from the pilot then. Afterwards, the rear rotor breaks upon ground-contact which causes the helicopter to wildly rotate. There was TONS of luck involved in the happy outcome - despite quick reactions from the pilot.
@MinecraftTNTChick Not pure luck, you can see he goes heavy on the cyclic to try to return the helicopter to the pad right after takeoff, then levels it out after it goes into a spin. He's lucky, but he also did the right things to reposition the helicopter and land as best he could.
@teyzar I don't think so, the waves that shook the ship i think did that, if you look at the beginning the heli moves when the ship went up a wave
What really happened is that the tail rotor drive shaft snapped on takeoff. You can see that the tail rotor is barely turning. It isn't a strobe effect either. Pause the video when it is visible and it is nice and sharp unlike the main rotor blades which you can't even see. If you look close at 1:03 the tail rotor comes to a complete stop for a moment.
Good reaction by the pilot.
What a good save by the pilot!
They need a break in that netting around the deck where they could jump off to a lower net in time of emergency.
It looks more like to me that the tail rotor shaft spun, or broke, and that would explain the uncontrolled spinning of the helo. That pilot was smart to just set it down!
@JustMediocreJack, i also think he didn't throttle the engines. A few times the helicopter was short before liftoff
This was not a pilot error, if you change the setting of this video speed to 0.25 and watch closely in (slow motion) from 0.23 sec. The directional movement of the rear deckhand man and helicopter forward shift and lift off of helicopter has been caused by the ship tidal wave. you can also evidently see how the white foam at the back of the ship on the trail of the ship route disappearing before both helicopter and deck man before pushed forward that the angle of elevation was higher at the rear hence camera did not capture the trails foams . bringing back of the helicopter to the spot that where it was, this was a combination of the the pilot and force touch down was due to the ship tidal impact and same rolled the man deck man backward. however that does not eliminate the fact that Deck handlers could lost their life
other factors to consider will be the dipping of the horizon, what sort of platform the camera was stood on? side grid of both camera focus on the ship how the relate to the lift and shift
I figured this was the incompetence of the Sea Shepherd people, but Greenpeace is not too far off.
With careful attention to the video you can clearly see the ground crew member approach the rear of the helicopter without a strap, and depart after the incident with a strap. The helicopter being strapped to the deck would require heavy correction by way of longitudinal cyclic, which would lead to this type of thing. Not the relative placid sea conditions.
@freemacsoft No, it has transmission, tail rotor and shaft damage from the hard strike on the deck - damn near killing the deck hand.
Wowsers. That was a great combo of skill and a bit of luck.
@garrrbo Yeah, that's exactly right, the wave action caused a premature takeoff and then tail-strike causing it to go into a spin. Looks like a combination of luck and flying skill (quick response to try to reposition the helicopter after take-off though this also causes the tail strike, and quick correction of cyclic when it went into a spin, then quick set down when it was fortunately in the right position) to get it back down properly.
@garrrbo Yeah, that's exactly right, the wave action caused a premature takeoff and then tail-strike causing it to go into a spin. Looks like a combination of luck and flying skill (quick response to try to reposition the helicopter after take-off, and quick correction of cyclic when it went into a spin, then quick set down when it was fortunately in the right position) to get it back down properly.
well, i know my question has nothing to do with the video, but why choppers with ducted tail rotors do a loud whining sound, when the duct actually is made to do less noise ? like the as 565 panther and the gazelle, for example.. thnx
looks to me like the rise and fall of that tall wave gave the helicopter some lift without the pilot expecting it. The rotor was just under lift off speed, so when the stern of the vessel rose then came down quickly, the result was lift off.
It can be clearly seen that the guy at the back has removed the tiedowns before liftoff.The chopper moved foreward before rotating. If the skid was stuck, it would have rolled to it's right.(dynamic rollover), The storey sounds like B.S. to me. "The straps had not been removed correctly". They were in his hands. What else was he supposed to do?
the pilot was actually good he saved the 2 people on the ground and the people in the heli and the wave caused it to go up and the back of the heli hit the ground so it caused it to spin
@jemezcat15 Wrong about the weight CG being off. There should have been a spotter in front of the helicopter to give the pilot an all clear. When the guy ran back the pilot should have been heads up that something was wrong and waited for the guy to reappear. Pilot/deck hand error. Improper launching technics. Pilot skill, good, luck, off the charts.
Miraculous escape of two men,, Did the landing pad struck on net ?. What the net laid for?
www.alllifting.com.au/blogs/news/what-is-a-helideck-landing-net
It was a poorly timed take off attempt, not caused by lack of collective, but by the pitch and roll of the ship as the weight transfer moved from the skids to the rotor. You can see it hop slightly as the ship is coming down just before the accident happens.
Great skills, but a lot of luck as well! Specially hitting the tail rotor!... I've worked as helicopter pilot on tuna boats and generally this kind of accident (forgot a strap) is deadly. On a flight deck or helicopter platform, as helicopter pilot, you must be very attentive to what is happening around the machine.
@1NoBrain6 They are trying NOT to get their heads chopped off by the propellor. If you watch closely everyone going near the copter has to bend down a little for safety
The pilot was 0% to blame. Read the description, it was ground crew, and stormy ocean waves.
After this he got out, and immediately bought 500 lottery tickets
hahahah
It looks like the pilot didn't give the deckhand sufficient opportunity to release the tie down. That was a very close call to everyone.
Looks like Magneto didn't want someone to leave.