2007-02-26 11:42:54 · 6 answers · asked by Blue 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Yes i have heard of this, when i was in the Navy, i worked on helos, and i heard a horror story about some one falling in a 46 and getting impaled on the collective down in Florida. How true this is I'm not sure. It would be kinda like getting impaled by a baseball bat. That's roughly the thickness of the collective. Other then that i don't think it could happen unless you fell from a greater height.
2007-02-27 00:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by deo.harischand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you would be able to have the control stick go through you but if you are talking about the control surfaces meaning the rotor then I havent heard of it but I'm sure it has happened. Did hear a story about a ramp worker that chased a piece of paperwork for a flight into the propellor of a Saab. Bad ending...
2007-02-26 20:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by ALOPILOT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha when i was in school to become a helicopter pilot i never heard of that but i guess it could happen.
2007-02-27 04:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Atllas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it has happened... A hard vertical landing or crash can cause the pilot or a passenger to be inpaled on the cyclic control... Happened more than once in Vietnam...
2007-02-26 20:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not exactly sure how you would do that in such a small cockpit, but no i haven't heard of that.
2007-02-26 19:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by bravestdawg101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,not possible
2007-02-26 21:16:58 · answer #6 · answered by Wieslaw O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋