cranedriver Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Anyone have the details ?? 61 or 92 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's not good Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 With 18 pax's it would have been the 92, it's also on the Terra Nova contract. Man, that is a long way to come back with one engine. Those Cougar guys are well trained and know how to operate very well in a very difficult environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Check the news section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecuMajor Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 The news article only mentions a Sikorsky, but not type. Can we confirm yet whether it was a 61 or 92? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmac Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 The pilot turned around three minutes from the rig and the pax were complaining about going back to St. John's. Talk about your BACK SEAT drivers. I don't beleive a rig platform is the place to practice one engine landings unless you are low on fuel. PDM and he used it, the story could have been entirely different. Those pax's should be praising the pilots and buying the drinks. No matter what helicopter was being flown, I am sure you would get only one chance of landing with the sink rate and power applications. The insurance company should send the crew on a pre-paid world cruise. Well done guys. Cheers, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinch Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I couldn't be certain of the SOP and emergency checklist response to an engine failure at Cougar but I would be willing to bet they proceeded by the book. The policy of off shore transport providers is too proceed to a land based alternate in the case of an oei landing. And for interest sake, I agree that if you feel that the second stove will take you to a local with more space and emergency response crews thats the safer bet. It would certainly be a sad state of affairs to roll off the deck a hundred feet and land inverted in the water. You might have a slow leg back to town with a knot in your belly but you should land without excitement or damage back at a strip. Well this is my first post on here so hello to all the regulars as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkbait Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Sounds like; "Cool, Calm and Collective" to me. :up: Kudos to all for a job well done! More high pitched whining from the Pax than from the a/c - nothing new there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinstar_ca Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 agreed with all... maybe the pax should consider that they're all still around to snivel and complain about it BECAUSE the crew made the decision THEY knew to be best... well done, guys... :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Up Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 So much better than reading the "other" news story, on what "could have" been. Some people (pax) just don't know when they are well off... Good job guys! :up: :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
412driver Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 excellent job boys. that's why you have the other engine...... i've come home twice on one engine in my career (while flying twins all you smart@sses ) and never even considered a deck landing :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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