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From the looks of your link the damage seems to have been held to a minimum. I didn't see any reporting on injuries. I hope everyone got out uninjured.

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The report mentions minor injuries, which usually is indicative of bruising, scratches, whiplash, etc. I'd imagine they were able to walk away, so this was by definition a good landing. If they repair the bird and use it again, some may even call this a great landing!

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300 is a super star crash machine... looks like the undercarrage did its crush job... didn't even roll it over or chop the tail.. very nice

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"A helicopter had to make an emergency landing... right in the middle of US 1."???

 

The toes of the skids are over the pavement on what appears to be an access ramp. From what I've seen of Florida drivers, that's close to the middle of a major highway... At least this dolt reporter didn't call it a 'chopper'.

 

Didn't take long-

 

http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/brevard-county/Raw-Video-Chopper-makes-emergency-landing-on-U-S-1/-/11788124/19392220/-/vyk91k/-/index.html

 

Good job, whoever did it.

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Well US1 is like two single lanes with a grass median inbetween - its possible that the helicopter is in the median and therefore technically it would be "right in the middle"... but I digress as its all conjecture from where I sit.

 

Guess Bristow is lucky the news only reports the ones that happen in roads and not off airport. 3 in 3 months while I was there, don't recall seeing a NTSB report on any of them. One of them was one I refused to fly, two students after me had the failure, mechanic said it was good.....

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That looks pretty textbook to me. Good job guys! I don't care what anyone says, you never get as much performance out of a real auto as you do a practice one. It doesn't get much better than that!

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Yeah that is at the entrance to the airport just off the US 1, right near the railroad tracks! Good job whoever landed it.

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If I ever have an engine failure and manage to get the helicopter on the ground in that good of shape I will be a happy camper. Nicely done.

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I don't know if it's adrenaline or focus that compresses the time, but real world autos come down like the proverbial brick.

I try not to break anything but I don't let that interfere with survival.

Remember- it was seriously broke when I started the forced landing...

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