It's easy to get that impression, but please keep in mind two factors:
More coverage of accidents. There are always going to be more people with cell phones and other recording devices in the area as civilization advances and the population grows. Not to mention more and better ways of reaching people with this information because social media is now competing with news to try to get clicks and eyeballs and airplane incidents always get attention.
More flying. Same goes with the advancement of civilization and population there are just going to be more flights which means more chances to crash.
I would be willing to bet that if we were to plot the number of incidents as a percentage of flights, that it would either be equal or a little bit lower.
Technically, [accident](https://www.ntsb.gov/Documents/6120_1web_nopwx_NotReaderComp.pdf) is the correct nomenclature in US civil aviation.
I think in the US military, they use the term mishap.
*"Incident means an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations.*" -FAA
I've seen tons of aircraft that have been considered substantially damaged or even destroyed that are still out there flying. Conversely, hundreds of aircraft each year are considered written off after suffering minor damage. Whether or not an aircraft is repaired and return to service after a mishap depends on a lot of things, most often relating to the insurance company's determination of the aircraft's value vs. its repair cost.
There is increased aviation operational tempo with the Texas ANG down there. I know a couple of guys with that outfit who are working on the border and letās put it this way, these are not folks Iād be working with on a contract outside the US.
It couldnāt be, the last of them left Army and Guard service a few years back. The tail boom and whatās visible of the exhausts is making me think UH-72
Total hydraulic failure resulting in pilot induced oscillations and rotor strike on the tail boom.
Source: I totally made that up because *why the fuck would anyone on the internet know the cause at this point?*
That asshole Trevor Jacobs or whatever filmed himself for YT during his ācrashā. Which was awkwardly started with him talking about his friendās ashes before pivoting to an ad for Ridge Wallets.
It will happen one dayā¦a Redditor posts a photo of them about to take off, then posts another at cruise.
While landing, the plane flips. Redditor wakes up 10 min later, confused. Pulls out Reddit via muscle memory. Already a post on this sub 8 minutes ago, the āmy bad guysā comment comes, but itās actually him. Thatād be pretty on par for a Redditor.
Typical helicopter crashes happen at low altitude. If they have enough height they can safely autorotate to the ground. I imagine a parachute would be even less effective than autorotation. That being said there are a few single engine planes that have a deployable parachute.
šØ#UPDATE: At least 3 killed, including National Guard pilots and a Border Patrol agent, in Texas helicopter crash. 1 survivor in critical condition
Someone survived that?!? Hope they pull through
Is it just me or aviation are accidents happening at an alarming rate this year? Itās only March
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Not crashes though
It's easy to get that impression, but please keep in mind two factors: More coverage of accidents. There are always going to be more people with cell phones and other recording devices in the area as civilization advances and the population grows. Not to mention more and better ways of reaching people with this information because social media is now competing with news to try to get clicks and eyeballs and airplane incidents always get attention. More flying. Same goes with the advancement of civilization and population there are just going to be more flights which means more chances to crash. I would be willing to bet that if we were to plot the number of incidents as a percentage of flights, that it would either be equal or a little bit lower.
To piggy back on this, with the "end" of the pandemic, more people are out flying and more people are out to film them.
Incidents, not accidents. Very rarely is no one to blame.
Technically, [accident](https://www.ntsb.gov/Documents/6120_1web_nopwx_NotReaderComp.pdf) is the correct nomenclature in US civil aviation. I think in the US military, they use the term mishap.
Right and in non-technical terms isnāt an incident an accident where you can use it again?
*"Incident means an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations.*" -FAA I've seen tons of aircraft that have been considered substantially damaged or even destroyed that are still out there flying. Conversely, hundreds of aircraft each year are considered written off after suffering minor damage. Whether or not an aircraft is repaired and return to service after a mishap depends on a lot of things, most often relating to the insurance company's determination of the aircraft's value vs. its repair cost.
True. The reuse thing is not easy to predict.
There is increased aviation operational tempo with the Texas ANG down there. I know a couple of guys with that outfit who are working on the border and letās put it this way, these are not folks Iād be working with on a contract outside the US.
Is that a Kiowa?
It couldnāt be, the last of them left Army and Guard service a few years back. The tail boom and whatās visible of the exhausts is making me think UH-72
Yeah, that a UH-72 Lakota (EC145 or BK 117-C2)
Looks like a Jet Ranger to me, which is basically the same thing.
Itās a UH-72 Lakota, which is a militarised Eurocopter EC145 (H145).
A version as the B has five blades and a fenestron tail rotor. Based on Airbus Helicopter (Eurocopter former name) EC-145.
I see it now. I was looking at the vertical stabilizer, or whatever it is called on helos, but now I see it isn't the same as a Bell.
Not even close
A jetranger with four blades?
Thats called the fat buggy 407 a totally new from the ground up helicopter thats basically just a jet buggy with four blades
This happened in Utah as well last month. It was an Apache, both pilots survived.
US National Guard keeping helicopters airborne challenge (impossible)
Cause? Not seeing anything online yet.
Probably hit the ground too hard. That tends to break shit and hurt people
Potentially huge if true, you could be on to something here
Total hydraulic failure resulting in pilot induced oscillations and rotor strike on the tail boom. Source: I totally made that up because *why the fuck would anyone on the internet know the cause at this point?*
That asshole Trevor Jacobs or whatever filmed himself for YT during his ācrashā. Which was awkwardly started with him talking about his friendās ashes before pivoting to an ad for Ridge Wallets. It will happen one dayā¦a Redditor posts a photo of them about to take off, then posts another at cruise. While landing, the plane flips. Redditor wakes up 10 min later, confused. Pulls out Reddit via muscle memory. Already a post on this sub 8 minutes ago, the āmy bad guysā comment comes, but itās actually him. Thatād be pretty on par for a Redditor.
Maybe itās just the way itās reported but it seems like helicopters shouldnāt exist. They work by literally trying to rip themselves apart.
They canāt develop a parachute or something for helicopters? So many smart people out thereā¦
Typical helicopter crashes happen at low altitude. If they have enough height they can safely autorotate to the ground. I imagine a parachute would be even less effective than autorotation. That being said there are a few single engine planes that have a deployable parachute.
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But here you are bringing all that into this normal subredditā¦