Elvis Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 Just curious why the floats were not deployed in this incident? http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll...623009/-1/rss01 Quote
TwistedSpar Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 well elvis....have you re-packed floats before? ****, that pilot should be a hero :punk: Quote
ame206350 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 well elvis....have you re-packed floats before? ****, that pilot should be a hero :punk: No doubt. The bummer is that the helicopter probably wasn't scrapped in that accident....I'll take the float repack over getting that machine back up and running any day. Then again.....repacking floats really does suck. Quote
Murdoch Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 Perhaps the pilot doesn't usually fly a helicopter with pop out floats and forgot about them with the onset of the engine difficulties.... pilot probably felt pretty silly once they were all out and swimming around an upside-down Astar. Question though: You can see those bags on the skid from the pilots seat, right? I guess if you're starting to get really worried (I'm being careful not to use the word panic) I think ones field of vision would narrow quite some.... but then again these are all "PERHAPS" statements. I wasn't there. Quote
MMike Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 I'm envisioning a Fred Flinstone-like moment where right at the moment of the truth, the "lever' comes off in the pilot's hand and his eyes bug out 6 inches from his head. But I have a vivid imagination. Quote
Elvis Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Posted June 24, 2008 What was it, looks like an AS350. No a Jet Ranger ********************************************************************** ********** ** Report created 6/24/2008 Record 1 ** ********************************************************************** ********** IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 406DK Make/Model: B206 Description: BELL 206B HELICOPTER Date: 06/21/2008 Time: 1804 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: VINEYARD HAVEN State: MA Country: US DESCRIPTION N406DK, A BELL 206B ROTORCRAFT, ENGINE FAILED AND AUTO-ROTATED INTO THE OCEAN, 6 MILES FROM VINEYARD HAVEN, MA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: 1804Z 22010KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A3005 OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: BOSTON, MA (EA61) Entry date: 06/23/2008 Quote
Over-Talk Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 I'm surprised it is still floating.......all be it up-side down. Quote
Elvis Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) Type faster :punk: That's cheating over-talk Edited June 24, 2008 by Elvis Quote
Over-Talk Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 Ha Ha Elvis, you see treachery wins again!! Funny pop-out float story....... An AME was doing a 100 hr inspection and thought he should check the siren. So he leaned into the cockpit and pressed the button. BANGGGG !!! He hit the float button by mistake and it inflated instantly under his butt. He's lucky his legs weren't broken. Here's the interesting part..... the float on the other side of the aircraft didn't pop !!! That caused a lot of raised eyebrows.....and a long wiring-circuit shake-down!! (but thankfully there was only one bag to repack !!!) Quote
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