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MEDEVAC Heli hits cell tower, loses skid, lands on mattresses
Some quick thinking by the pilot and firefighters to get crippled chopper safely on the ground. (www.mysanantonio.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Landing wasn't the big deal. Hitting a tower and still flying is where the big luck came in.LOL
Quick thinking along with a little luck. I will take that any day!
This landing turned out to be a sleeper.
I have flown by that 'mickey mouse' unlit tower many times over the last 20 years! It is probably about 130 ft. or so.....sits in the middle of a large hwy interchange, on a direct line to the old BAMC (SAMMC) ground pad, if you are approaching from southeast.....and if you are on an approach to land, and not familiar with local hazards, and the ground surrounding it is all grassy and totally dark, which it is.......yeah, it could be missed! I know where it is and give it a wide berth always.....Great flying after impact!!! 'But for the Grace of God....!'
Kudos to SAFD.....great organization!!!
Kudos to SAFD.....great organization!!!
Puts a new meaning to the term "soft landing" :-D
I'm glad that worked out OK but it just as easily could have gone sideways -- it seems to me that the rotor wash could have sent a mattress airborne and possibly been struck by the main or tail rotor.
Could have but they did put down 45 pound weights on the mattresses. I'm sure they put down more than one.
It said they put down four of them.