Bell 230(?) crash Huntington Beach

Didn’t seize, that’s just the rpm matching the frame rate of the camera. But something in the driveshaft or transmission definitely failed during that gust of wind.

My friend was 30 feet away and I was supposed to be there. 3 injured on the ground one 11yr old kid got pinned and was pretty badly hurt.

For those that don’t know it was a helicopter and hyper car show in a parking lot at the beach scheduled for tomorrow. Today was the “landing party”
 
It’s a Bell 222. Something occurred where it slung the 90 degree gearbox off the bird. Probably the worst segment of flight to happen in, but also the most susceptible segment if it’s going to happen.

Cars and copters meet probably going to become cars only now.
 
I’m glad everyone is relatively ok.

There’s really only 2 appropriate responses here.

If Jan-Michael Vincent had been flying this probably wouldn’t have happened.

or

Ernest Borgnine is going to have some explaining to do.
 
Wardogg said:
I’m glad everyone is relatively ok.

There’s really only 2 appropriate responses here.

If Jan-Michael Vincent had been flying this probably wouldn’t have happened.

or

Ernest Borgnine is going to have some explaining to do.
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Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
 
Oh Helpies.


Just a helicopter being a helicopter.


If I had a dollar every time a helicopter went from normal, stable looking to spinning losing control and crashing to the ground, I’d be very rich.

You’ll never convince me that helicopter physics is anything other than pure sorcery :)




Seriously, glad everyone seems to be alive in this one.
 
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