Helicopter crash ...texting or panic ?

[The Man]

This guy crashed a mile from his fuel stop..IMO they are blaming it to much on texting....Mind you I am against flying and texting

http://news.yahoo.com/ntsb-probes-case-texting-helicopter-072149339.html

Anyway for those not familiar with auto rotate here is a short video of practicing landings while cutting power.



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

So the question is....Bad pilot regardless of whether he texted or not?

Mind you the video I show is a little "playing"...one can be pretty graceful if need be.

Number 2 videos better shows what can be done however.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Moiv_3w8I

Practice practice practice....that way when the day comes you are prepared.

Sort of like when your brakes on your car fail...panic then smash a dead pedal is the usual reaction...rather than downshifting and controlled parking brake application.

 

[Jackass master]

I think all phone and text should be disabled when the device is in motion. We piss about guns in this country but distracted driving kills a lot more people. Simple to setup with the gps built into phones these days but no legislative body wants to tackle it.

 

[griz bear]

Running out of fuel is a bad thing too. Guess he won't do that again.