anyone knows the fate of this crew?

[huncowboy]

in the video of this CH46 crashing after a bad landing here:

http://www.dauntless-soft.com/products/Freebies/HeloBadShipLanding/index.html

It seemed like it sunk within moments but the impact did not seem to be violent.... from here. I hope they got out OK, but if it was full of people....

 

[huncowboy]

Thanks. It is sad.

 

[AxisVDP]

Doesn't look like anyone could survive that

 

[weekendwarrior]

You would be surprised what you can survive with proper dunker training. I recently went through dunker training, and saw this and other videos. We learned of many statistics as well.

It's really not impossible to survive this. Unless there is structural damage or equipment that is not secured, the dunker training that is now being given teaches you the proper techniques to egress a sinking aircraft.

It is now required at Fort Rucker for all flight school students to attend dunker training. It's definately a good thing. Yeah, the training sucks, but I feel confident in egresses in the event of a forced water landing.

 

[Troll]

Seen that one quite a few times.... the crew got out (thanks to dunker training). Several Marines inside did not...

The video says this one was a vertrep on the East coast which was a Navy crash which everyone survived. At first I thought that was right because of the LSD deck markings, but I looked up the MEU crash in 99 and they were also hitting an LSD for a MIO if I remember right which makes more sense with the fast boats in the background. 7 died in that one. I thought I remembered them catching their main mount in deck netting. I can't tell.

 

[mudkow60]

I am pretty sure it was not off of Norfolk, VA and it was not an UNREP, as the caption on the link says.

I believe it was off of Point Loma, CA just outside of San Diego. They were doing a PAX transfer in front of some higher up types. The guy came in too fast, and got into dynamic rollover as he tried to fix his mistake.

I believe that the 46 was packed with grunts in the back at the time. Some made it out, some did not.

The reason I know is that I was supposed to launch on a RAG Fam hop in the same area.

Hope that helps.

 

[miles otoole]

Correct-
That was the result of a failed fastrope in Dec 99-15th MEU (If I remember correctly) doing workups off San diego. They came in too fast and too heavy. They were supposed to shoot the approach to about 20 feet for fast ropers from the hell hole. The left main mount caught the deck netting(unknown to the pilot), power was applied to wave off and dynamic rollover ensued. The fast ropers (some) were not strapped in as they were a little too anxious and obviously thrown about the cabin as the aircraft flipped.
I was in Hawaii with the 11th MEU (flying H53Es) at the time heading home to San Diego from travels in the Gulf. Very sad indeed.
The folks in the boats were SEALs-they were performing a VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure.)

 

[amaineiac]

Glad to hear some got out alive. As someone else said, its amazing anyone got out at all.

I was never in the military, so I'm wondering what happens to a pilot who loses an aircraft due to pilot error?

Do they discharge you, remove you from flight status, or is there a chance you'll get to fly again?

Thanks to all of you guys that serve.

 

[BMD]

crash

The rear left wheel got caught in the net and when the pilot went to bring it back up, the aircraft pivoted at that wheel and went backwards. I know the guy who was the USMC captain in the back. He made it out with a broken leg but lost several of his Marines. He's since raised a lot of money for the families in Iron Man competitions. He's a good Sh1t. BMD