The March 30, 2013, crash killed the pilot, the DPS state trooper who was serving as a flight observer and the snowmobiler; the helicopter was destroyed by the crash and subsequent fire. The NTSB identified twin probable causes: the pilot’s continuation of the flight into worsening instrument meteorological conditions, which led to his “spatial disorientation and loss of control,” and the DPS’s “punitive culture and inadequate safety management.” Contributing factors were the pilot’s “exceptionally high motivation to complete search-and-rescue [SAR] missions, which increased his risk tolerance and adversely affected his decision making,” the NTSB said. The accident pilot was contacted by an officer of Alaska State Troopers at 2019 local time on the night of the accident, after attempts to organize a ground rescue mission failed... .... The 55-year-old pilot had accumulated about 10,693 flight hours, including 8,452 hours in helicopters. His approximately 247 recorded hours of simulated instrument time and 141 hours of actual instrument time were primarily in airplanes and all were logged before 2001. Of the 38 hours of instrument time that were logged in helicopters, 0.5 hour was actual instrument time; the most recent instrument flight in a helicopter was in 1986. The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for helicopters, single- and multi-engine land airplanes and single-engine seaplanes; instrument ratings for helicopters and airplanes; an airline transport pilot certificate for multi-engine land airplanes; and an airframe and powerplant mechanic’s certificate. Un-freaking real. The one dude you would consider a consumate professional at this job. Kills himself doing it. Sad. (more here: flightsafety.org/asw-article/punitive-culture/ )
Great animation. I presume it was made on the basis of GPS Data ? One wonders if the Pilot was IFR Trained at any point, or were they VFR qualified & trying to press on in deteriorating conditions until they scared themselves by Scud-running under the lowering cloud, whereupon they've maybe legalised the situation by declaring an Emergency & invoking the smidgeon of Instrument Flight Theory they picked up while training for Clear Skies, to try and climb through the cloud rather than run into the ground while almost in control...? Can you reconstruct the number of viable safe places to execute an emergency forced landing which the Chopper flew over, between when the cloud began to obscure the Ground & when the pilot began to try to climb out by the seat of their pants..? I bet there were HUNDREDS of spots to pancake onto... Question inspired by 'Drake The Outlaw', in Gift Of Wings, by Richard Bach...(Copyright 1974...). Some things never change. ;-p Ciao !
yo I'm coming from the collapse of I-30W I wanted to say this there but comments are disabled so imma say it here: Yo wtf I came here to watch some shit fall apart not learn how to build an entire fucking bridge jesus christ NTSB and then at the end after sitting through 4 fucking minutes of learning how bridges are made I get some 3 second clip come on now guys really
The urge to trust our flawed senses over instruments must be extraordinarily strong
+W Bailey "The five-seat, turbine-powered, A-Star helicopter Nading was flying was not certified for IFR flight" - whatever that means.
@@CAROLUSPRIMA exactly
The March 30, 2013, crash killed the pilot, the DPS state trooper who was serving as a flight observer and the snowmobiler; the helicopter was destroyed by the crash and subsequent fire.
The NTSB identified twin probable causes: the pilot’s continuation of the flight into worsening instrument meteorological conditions, which led to his “spatial disorientation and loss of control,” and the DPS’s “punitive culture and inadequate safety management.”
Contributing factors were the pilot’s “exceptionally high motivation to complete search-and-rescue [SAR] missions, which increased his risk tolerance and adversely affected his decision making,” the NTSB said.
The accident pilot was contacted by an officer of Alaska State Troopers at 2019 local time on the night of the accident, after attempts to organize a ground rescue mission failed...
.... The 55-year-old pilot had accumulated about 10,693 flight hours, including 8,452 hours in helicopters. His approximately 247 recorded hours of simulated instrument time and 141 hours of actual instrument time were primarily in airplanes and all were logged before 2001. Of the 38 hours of instrument time that were logged in helicopters, 0.5 hour was actual instrument time; the most recent instrument flight in a helicopter was in 1986.
The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for helicopters, single- and multi-engine land airplanes and single-engine seaplanes; instrument ratings for helicopters and airplanes; an airline transport pilot certificate for multi-engine land airplanes; and an airframe and powerplant mechanic’s certificate.
Un-freaking real. The one dude you would consider a consumate professional at this job. Kills himself doing it. Sad.
(more here: flightsafety.org/asw-article/punitive-culture/ )
Just an observation that an expert might push their luck farther than a beginner or intermediate would.
Pretty much pilot error.....
not exactly a professional, he had barely any instrument time.
Yes, let's cage the attitude indicator when I can't see.
Brilliant. Bloody brilliant.
There should be autopilot on these choppers. It would have leveled him up and got him out of there.
Great animation. I presume it was made on the basis of GPS Data ?
One wonders if the Pilot was IFR Trained at any point, or were they VFR qualified & trying to press on in deteriorating conditions until they scared themselves by Scud-running under the lowering cloud, whereupon they've maybe legalised the situation by declaring an Emergency & invoking the smidgeon of Instrument Flight Theory they picked up while training for Clear Skies, to try and climb through the cloud rather than run into the ground while almost in control...?
Can you reconstruct the number of viable safe places to execute an emergency forced landing which the Chopper flew over, between when the cloud began to obscure the Ground & when the pilot began to try to climb out by the seat of their pants..? I bet there were HUNDREDS of spots to pancake onto...
Question inspired by 'Drake The Outlaw', in Gift Of Wings, by Richard Bach...(Copyright 1974...).
Some things never change. ;-p
Ciao !
Probably made with black box data among other things
Pretty scary
Heart attack or no IFR training?
yo I'm coming from the collapse of I-30W I wanted to say this there but comments are disabled so imma say it here:
Yo wtf I came here to watch some shit fall apart not learn how to build an entire fucking bridge jesus christ NTSB and then at the end after sitting through 4 fucking minutes of learning how bridges are made I get some 3 second clip come on now guys really
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