Reminds me of when you first give a child a microphone and they shove it in their mouth and just speak gibberish with no discernable speech.

Someone should punch the guy screaming in that loudspeaker.

After an investigation by the FAA and NTSB, it was concluded that the pilot was flying over the race when suddenly he heard an announcer on a loud speaker who was so atrocious that the pilot lost the will to live. After unsuccessfully dying in the subsequent crash, he ran down the hill to kill the announcer with his bare hands.

"If we are lucky we might see it crash!" WTF?? See this is why the aliens wont visit us man

Was this the spectators' first time seeing a helicopter in real life or something?

The helicopter pilot was uninjured, but later hospitalized after brief exposure to morons.

When unbridled narcissism gets a video camera & microphone...

He said, "Oh my god" a bunch of times, but he forgot to say, "Oh, the humanity."

Imagine you're in that chopper and it tips over on landing....and..... you have that crew of burnout 35 year-old Colorado stoner skateboarders to rush to your aid...

Looks like a “settling with power” situation. Hopefully everyone in helicopter made it out safe. As for the guy on the microphone ...what a douche lord.

"Is it gonna explode now!?" -__- terrible commentator.

This was my friends helicopter that was being used by a flight school. I remember when he called me to say he thought he was financially ruined because of this. Luckily there were no injuries and everything turned out OK for him! Scary stuff... They were flying too low, too slow, too heavy all while at a higher elevation and being fully fueled, on a hot day while not leaving enough room to recover.

couldn't the stupid commentator jump into the rotor

The movie "Idiocracy" has become prophetic. I'll bet everyone went and guzzled some Brawndo afterward.

Im glad to see Jeff Spicoli made something of himself and became a downhill skate announcer.

It's a pitty that all the people like this screaming "commentator" haven't suddenly ceased to breathe.

You absolutely killed it with that footage! Didn’t run and captured the best moment with a steady hand! Great work and commentary!

From NTSB: "The pilot had just performed a left-pedal turn and the helicopter was facing upslope to the mountain. The low rotor warning sounded and the pilot lowered the collective and increased throttle. The pilot stated that the engine did not respond so he continued to lower the collective and looked for a place to land." If he got the horn, he certainly had low rotor RPM and you can bet it was from the High Density altitude, high weight and trying OGE

That pilot kept his composure and knew what to do in that situation, unlike the recorder. Good thing no one got hurt.

Wow that commentator really likes the sound of his own voice.

Lord have mercy on our nation if these people are the wave of the future.

I have been a helicopter mechanic, and pilot for 25yrs. NEVER get out of a crash when the blades are turning! Dumb, dumb, dumb!

That guy was commenting on the race but change its focus on the incredibly rare chopper that only couple of people had the chance to see in its natural habitat, thanks for this rare sighting..... ')

The pilot was one of my instructors a good few years back. He was flying heavy with bad wind direction. He did a good job making sure he brought it down without hurting anyone. The owner was happy it was insured for more than it was worth. Sometimes you just need to tell the camera guys inside you just can't get the shot instead of forcing it and chancing a incident like this.

He didn't just get wiped out by a wave, he crashed a helicopter. The eyes see, but the brain just can't compute. Obviously a bright star for the future.

Yes I do fly R22's, and R44's. I'm a CFII with endorsements to instruct in both. Your statement that the helicopter shouldn't get into a low rotor situation because it has a governor is misleading and dangerous. The governor fine tunes the throttle input to keep the engine rpm at the appropriate level to keep the rotor rpm in the green. At high DA you can hit "full throttle" and the governor can do nothing to help.This finite amount of power is why it is challenging to fly high, hot and heavy.

It was very risky to jump in front of moving rotators

I forgave the cameraman for having a loud mouth, he was perfectly crazy enough to keep filming when even I was running for cover when it crashed!

"If you're lucky, you might see it crash." I guess we're lucky!

Detectives have determined that the helicopter was most likely sabotaged by the man taking the video. He was the only person who knew in advance what was going to happen.

The guy on the microphone would make a great war correspondent😂

Never fly a Robinson higher than you are prepared to fall 😂

Flying these seems to be MUCH harder than a small plane...so many variables to affect flight and landings.

At the 31 sec mark you can see the flag waving stong as he is almost head on into the wind for a low aproach. Then his mistake was to turn almost 180 downwind and it settled into his own vortex downwash creating a loss of lift. Rookie mistake I assume.

Actually, what you see here, from the pilot's response to the low-RPM horn was absolutely correct: lower pitch, then increase throttle, failing which look for a landing spot. From experience, I have little doubt that the road would have saved the helicopter, but may have struck a racer. Given the circumstances, most pilots' reactions (mine included) would have been much the same. The more pertinent question is what led to the loss of power, and the NTSB concluded it was due to density altitude.

So what's the elevation of the mountain their? Helicopter probably flying too slow for the altitude.

Lost lift very quickly, they're very lucky to have survived!

“It’s gonna blow”

Why does everyone say, "it's gonna blow." Like every crash has to end in an explosion. Someone has been watching too many episodes of CHiPs.

does anybody know where the helicopter was from (like who owned it and why they were there)?

I live in hope that if it had caught on fire, the thing with the camera would have jumped into it.

Raddest commentary I've ever heard.

It's not gonna blow. It's a piston engine. Anyone know the cause of this accident? Looks like vortex ring state..

I would agree with this more. However, wouldn't attempting to gain forward airspeed by nudging the cyclic forward help in some situations?

Oh My GAWD!

"if your lucky you might see it crash" *helicopter crash* ~8O "if im lucky, scores of hot chicks will now be coming over that hill to meet me!"

@seaswirl79 I included the pilots report to illustrate that they got into and CAN get into low rotor RPM despite having a governor. The governor does nothing to help low rotor when a lack of power/high density altitude situation exists.

whats how i land in bf3 :D

first of all, that's not a helicopter. it's a helicopter-like device meant to maim and kill.

Land on a slanted hill even the pilot was stoned !!!

I wonder if the copter was repairable. The main blade is still fully intact.

Did he survive?

And Americans wonder why the rest of the world doesn't like them?

You can’t deny he’d be cool to party with! “Turn that thing off” 😂😂

@TheOnlyTrueHumdinger There's a link to the official report in the decription.

did it blow?

The reactions are a perfect representation of millenial mindset.

This guy was hilarious.

Warning ⚠️ Watch without sound on!

was this the first time a helicopter was at a longboarding event?

Settling with power AKA Vortex Ring State. Poor situational awareness.

how does this affect your chances of being employed

why did the tail snap?

Glad the pilots okay. Must have been a hillside wind or the throttle wasn't putting out but that was sure lucky.

What happened ? Loosing engine power ???

@TheTylrBllmn In the description there's links to official reports of the crash.

That announcer Drunk? He was STOKED!! 😂

This has a nice early 2000's vibe, love it!!

The pilot handled that Robinson very well.

Fantastic.

Robertson.?

I appreciate the precision of aiming for the people below. All that wilderness and they put the helicopter down on top of them.

Was Kobe Bryant flying that one too?

Thank you Jeff Specoli.

How did emergency services get there so fast?

did the pilot do this delibratly because it didnt look like there was anything wrong with the helicopter

Whats going on here?

Out of ground effect hover at 10,000 feet. Might want to review the performance charts next time. And this guy was an instructor....

What language are those people speaking? Translator isn't working.

Those things have governors and you shouldn't be getting into a low rotor RPM situation. Most likely, he was just too heavy, too high when it was too hot. If you fly helicopters like I do, it's called high density altitude. From the NTSB: The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot’s decision to operate the helicopter at a high density altitude near terrain, which resulted in a settling with power condition

"The pilot had just performed a left-pedal turn and the helicopter was facing upslope to the mountain. The low rotor warning sounded and the pilot lowered the collective and increased throttle. The pilot stated that the engine did not respond so he continued to lower the collective and looked for a place to land. During the forced landing on the downsloping terrain the helicopter came to rest on its nose, resulting in substantial damage to the main rotor, skid tubes, and tail boom." (ntsb.gov)

Does anyone know what exactly happened? What caused the crash?

The commentator sounds like his 10 years old. A guy that will make a show at all cost.

The tail (empennage) was chopped off by the rotor when the skids dug in and tipped the aircraft forward.

Strange the helicopter failed when he said we might see a crash... very odd ?

LTE?

1:42 Loudspeaker drunk: “Think it’ll blow up?” Camera man: “yeah!!!” Loudspeaker drunk: “Kaboom!!!!”

uhhh old news is old?

Is it latest Hollywood movie or is it just fake ?

I was waiting for one of the blades to hit the loudspeaker guy. Ps: I came here via the "Helikopter Helikopter song". Now i can't stop hearing it when they say it.

The cause of the accident is what is referred to as a "Annoyance Death Vortex". Once you get caught in it you can't escape.

@certise i think there was one at maryhill too. also it was there for the event not just a random helicopter haha

Reminds me of when a little kid gets one of those "My First Sony" toys and just blabbers loudly non-stop.

Can someone explain to me what happend?

he wasnt trying to land

Unplug the speaker.

Had the rotors come apart and went slicing thru air... directly at the screamer stoner.. one could only dream.

NTSB report: "The pilot’s decision to operate the helicopter at a high density altitude near terrain, which resulted in a settling with power condition."

Proboby not wanting to get cut into two parts.

I like how the blades on this particular helicopter create absolutely no wind......