Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

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Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

#1 Post by CharlieOneSix » Thu May 16, 2019 8:13 am

LTE - Loss of tail rotor effectiveness methinks. Too slow a rotation for tail rotor failure. Quite a strong wind blowing, all the signs of being classic LTE. At least he popped the floats out just in time!
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Re: Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

#2 Post by FD2 » Thu May 16, 2019 8:19 pm

He looks to be handling it very carefully, until trying to establish the high hover out of ground effect. Then seems to decide he has to ditch it.

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Re: Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

#3 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun May 26, 2019 11:34 pm

LTE confirmed in pilot’s statement to the NTSB....

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Repor ... L&IType=LA
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Re: Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

#4 Post by FD2 » Mon May 27, 2019 12:45 am

It's easy for me to be clever from a chair in my study, but if he suspected LTE on his first approach, wasn't it odd to try and repeat the manoeuvre? Heading easterly with a wind of 320 gusting 22 knots...the report doesn't mention his experience level though. The sort of thing that happened when we were young and too bold....

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Re: Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19

#5 Post by CharlieOneSix » Mon May 27, 2019 7:29 am

He had 858 helicopter hours including 100 on type. The only time I got incipient LTE I had enough height to drop collective and stuff the nose down - and yes, FD2, young and too bold when it happened and it was on aerial work not public transport.
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