Whitestone Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 As many of you have posted, talking about this incident could go two ways, we could laugh and gloat about it and take joy in anothers misfortune or we can learn from it to make our lives safer. One of the things i do miss about Transport Canada is the Vortex "magazine" that was mailed to all helicopter pilots years ago where there was an accident synopsis and many interesting articles about safety.Nowadays i like to look at all the helicopter clips on the internet/YouTube, be they crashes or just "risky" flying and analyze them and give thought to how they happened or are conducted in order to keep myself on a safe path.I think it's good to bring these things up if they are talked about in a constructive wayAs the the old slogan of the Vortex magazine said: "Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make them all yourself".Fly/work safe, W. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bif Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 I too miss Vortex. I have them all on a disk somewhere, I should really revisit them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlygig Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 I think just spreading the word that it did happen (as opposed to the details) is a good thing. It could happen to any of us. We should all be aware when these things happen because it will make you slow down and think about what you are doing (absolutely not insinuating the people involved weren't) , instead of thinking "no big deal, last time I heard of a machine falling of jacks was in the 80's". It is when people jump on these things and criticize ("I would never of done that" or "why didn't they do this") we lose the great benefit of learning about what happened and maybe make changes to prevent the same from happening to us. Isn't the famous quote "to err, is human" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Who cares? Is there something to be gained by spreading information like that? Is it in the interest of making the industry safer, learning from others mistakes, learning better maintenance practices, or just airing dirty laundry?????? Obviously you've got something against an operator who sounds like they had a bad day, which seems to make your day better..... I shake my head at the uselessness of some of these posts on here....... PS: More breaking news: Did you hear Ernie dropped his lunchbox in the coffee room this morning???? And I shake mine at the uselessness of posts like yours. If you're so obtuse as to think there's no value in alerting people to significant incidents I'm sorry for the people you live and work with. The post pointed no fingers, ridiculed no-one and, just possibly, could have engendered that critical soupcon of caution in someone just in time to avoid a repeat, rather than wait until official or 'Whisky Creek-sanctioned' notification was published. PLEASE....shake your head! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Well said Grasshopper. In my first reply (post 2) I was in NBR2 when I watched a 204 fall off the jacks when they were doing a cross tube bend inspection and the helicopter was only high enough to clear the ground. But there was still the possibility of personal injury if somebody was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Luckily the only damage was one of the jacks put a hole in the belly. It could have got a lot worse if there was somebody's foot under a skid tube. SHITE HAPPENS BE CAREFUL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pup Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Yes it is true, it happened in the wild horses hanger. fell off the jacks, rolled over and took out another 205 beside it on it's way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 What's a "wild horse" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicopterjim Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 What's a "wild horse" ? I think he meant wild whores .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawthorn Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Way to go Jim. Now you've started a mild war 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicopterjim Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Way to go Jim. Now you've started a mild war My day is complete ... I can rest now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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