Originally published at: NTSB Investigating Fatal Crash of NBC Los Angeles News Helicopter
The crash killed three people Tuesday evening in Chatsworth.
Out of respect for the dead, their families and anyone else effected, I will thank all the armchair investigators in advance for keeping speculation about this to themselves.
And keep your politics to yourself.
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I echo your sentiments but I came here in hopes of seeing some clear-headed commentary by experienced helo pilots and mechanics.
Respect for the dead? Really? The one good thing these forums do is cause pilots to re-examine their procedures and techniques. Nothing wrong with Monday morning quarterbacking. As wrong as they usually are they cause us to pause for a second and think about things. That in itself has probably saved many lives.
A single-engined helicopter over dense city?
Helicopters require altitude or speed to be able to autorotate to a landing when engine resigns.
Then where can they land? Media report the helicopter hit the ground between buildings.
Kubin and zumajim:
Need facts.
NTSB should provide some soon, event not in its database today.
Media can be confused, supposed aviaton experts are often wrong.
Reported not necessarily verified:
- helicopter is an AS350, long established, many in service, one engine
- witnesses suggest signs of engine failure
- helicopter came down hard between two buildings, burst into flame
- -killed TV reporter and pilot, plus an individual it hit on the ground
Twin engine version is AS355, in France they are called Squirrel (Écureuil in French, and Écureuil 2), marketed as Astar and Twinstar, late production called H125.
Powered by either Lycoming or Turbomeca engine, some of the latter have FADEC, but there are conversions such as by Soloy.
Various suffixes on model name for improvements and different engines.
Some made in US, some of the latest ones also made in India.
Many used by law enforcement agencies.
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