Insane Apache Chopper Crash.

[Ponch ®]

Anyone seen this yet? "They" say it's real.

I'm at work so I can't link directly to YouTube, but I'll post a link to Jalopnik where you can see the vid:

http://jalopnik.com/5895212/this-insane-video-of-an-apache-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan-is-real

supposedly everyone survived.

[Indygenerallee]

WOW!!! Someone is getting a ass reaming on that one, That looked like pure showboating in a very expensive piece of machinery!!!! If they did not die I will imagine they wish they had by the time their CO gets done with them!!

[twodko]

Cowboys! If the pilot is career oriented it prolly won't be in an Apache or any other military aircraft. This kinda of stuff gets air wing commanders fired too. To much forward speed, no altitude and the collective is just a stick.

[Domino]

I didn't watch the video cause I saw this and got distracted....

http://jalopnik.com/5895077/the-ten-cars-with-the-hottest-owners/gallery/1
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17h4mgztgtcyxjpg/original.jpg

[Ponch ®]

I didn't watch the video cause I saw this and got distracted....

http://jalopnik.com/5895077/the-ten-cars-with-the-hottest-owners/gallery/1
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17h4mgztgtcyxjpg/original.jpg

haha, yeah thats a good article. I swear, the one about the Jettas is absolutely true.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

That was wild

[bull]

Well... it looks real. It looks like he tried to pull it up after the first hard hit and that's when it started spinning. The snow probably softened the blow somewhat but I kind of expected to see more pieces flying off it. Who knows what's real in these videos anymore. Pretty much everything you see now is suspect.

[Drache]

Here's a Cobra Helo doing almost the same thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-rUmDh6zM

[bull]

That one's real for sure.

[Indygenerallee]

Anybody that ever walks away from a heli crash ought to go buy a lotto ticket immediately because they are that lucky, trying to dodge that engine being ripped out of the airframe and not getting hit by it you are one lucky SOB!

[Troy]

Looks like the pilot was showing off for sure. Looks like a crop duster maneuver like someone mentioned. I'd say they misjudged the amount of lift available at those altitudes.

Some of the comments are funny. Here's something from personal experience:
when I was learning to fly a helicopter the instructor told me to look down between my legs. When I did he said "if anything goes wrong that's where you're going to land". Those guys act like autorotation makes a helicopter glide just like a plane. Not true! I later had the exciting opportunity to make an emergency "dead stick" landing in a plane. I had time to check out the scenery, pick a spot to land, and make a normal approach. In a helicopter I wouldn't have made it 1/2 a mile.

Troy

[mauve66]

talk about a sudden stop
the guys on the ground were extremely lucky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5aMT9MBfZI

[Finn]

^Yikes!

[Indygenerallee]

WOW that pilot was extremely lucky, wtf was he thinking? did he not know he was tethered to the tower???

[Rolling_Thunder]

I guess that WO will get a MAJOR ass chewing...        but her - it's better than lighting up civilians or something like that.   

I know pilots like pushing the envelope but it was a dumb move.

[c00nhunterjoe]

The apache was a failed attempt at a hammerhead stall. The 1st impact causes excessive stress on the tail boom snapping,most likely,the gearbox for the tail rotor resulting in the uncontrolable spinning.