Matthew P

They made an approach to a different runway and then cleared to circle to RWY 33, it was a visual approach at that point, they were not shooting the RNAV RWY33.

it was on an approved low level corridor, only problem is that the blackhawk pilots FAILED to maintain their required altitude on not higher than 200'. also, since the aircraft was on the circle to land visual approach, it was lower than it would be if it were on an instrument approach to that same runway (PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE) but in this case the aircraft was lower than normal and the blackhawk was higher than it should have been resulting in the blackhawk flying into the side of the airplane...The Airplane was exactly where it was suppose to be...you should see the Low Level Helicopter Routes around DC..helicopters fly across the approach path all the time.. here's a link if you want to look https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3851p.ct004873/?r=0.786,0.27,0.099,0.063,0

Former Helicopter guy for 20 years so for what it's worth... here's what I'm speculating, won't know until NTSB report but there have been so many "EXPERTS" that know absolutely NOTHING about what they are talking about... Was NOT the Jesus Nut, if it were the rotor head would have separated from the mast and would NOT have fallen intact with the transmission..., was NOT mast Bumping as they were not in a negative-g and operating at full engine RPM......There is another video out there that shows the helicopter flying straight and level 5 seconds before it started breaking up...the initial event started at the tail boom where the vertical stabilizer and tail rotor gearbox is mounted, if you look closely, you can see it buckled and broke away from the aircraft, the loss of the weight of the tail rotor gearbox at that arm caused the nose of the helicopter to pitch down due to sudden forward shift of CG, the aircraft also started rotating to the right as it was at full operating power and no longer had any tail rotor authority to counteract the torque of the main rotor system..the pilot's initial reaction ( as would mine), to the rapid pitching down of the nose, would be to pull back on the cyclic, which you can see thereby resulting in the rotor system making contact with the tailboom and cutting it off forward of the horizontal stabilizer...the violent impact and vibration of the rotor system, as the blades broke apart and became unbalanced, resulted in the transmission breaking away from the aircraft which is why you see the transmission and rotor head falling down (intact) separate from the aircraft...absolutely NOTHING the pilot could have done..VERY SAD and VERY UNFORTUNATE..for whatever reason Reddit pulled down the close up video and only shows the video after it broke apart..once again, just speculation on my part, I was assigned to the Army Safety Center, taught the Army's Accident Investigation Courses and was an Accident Investigator for 3 years....This is just SPECULATION on my part based on NOTHING MORE than the video I saw, but I WILL tell you that those "professionals" that are commenting on the news agencies and the Youtube armchair quarterbacks are talking out of their azz..Will be interesting to see what the NTSB comes up with, if I were on the GO-Team, after seeing that video, my first priority would be to make sure we find that tail rotor gearbox.. I've attached a picture of the Bell 206, you can see that there are only (2) mounting point that attach the transmission to the Pylons that are mounted to the aircraft...not a whole lot holding it in place..but they did not fail.

He was NO expert.

You are aware that they have 8' fencing to keep deer and other animals out of the crops..are you not?

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Yes Sir, that's the one..and you are right about it being missed, there is another mooney owner that was unaware of the requirement to recheck the revised to setting annually

So, it seems as though Lasar no longer has the STC for the bushing kit and can only sell the bushing to individuals that currently have the STC, which is my situation, when the bushing was installed, it doesn't appear as though they used the reamer and beat it in with a hammer, found it when we removed the gear to send the truss off to be repaired..

Lasar has a press in bushing kit that tightens everything up

Have you found a DG, I have one from a recent avionics upgrade $75.00 plus shipping (Cessna 3110C No Heading Bug) shipped from 35757

LOL, Like the oversight they do on Boeing

Can't you just post who it is?

Looking for a cheaper option for my wife/passenger, with the age of the windows, if I replace one, I'll replace them all and a $36.00 solution is more preferable than a $600 new copilot window with the vent Eventually I'll replace all of the windows before it goes into paint, but until then just looking for something that works

Haven't decided yet, won't be on the floor, the plane is in Annual so when it comes out this will be one of my first projects while I am putting in the shoulder harnesses...will send pic when done.. may use a different mount as well..

https://vantageassoc.com/airplane/mooney/m20.html

https://vantageassoc.com/airplane/mooney/m20.html

Here's a link to a company that has quite a bit of Mooney Interior Trim pieces. https://vantageassoc.com/airplane/mooney/m20.html

No, mine didn't have the heater port, if it did I would have kept it..after I did this I found a company that still makes these pieces for like $64.00 (S/H is close to $35.00) let me know if you want their address, by the time I bought the materials I had about $60.00 into it, but it isn't going to deform in the heat like the older one did, I also put reenforcement blocks for the trim and flap cable mounting brackets where they pulled through the plastic.

Only cheaper and easier if you have a window that already has the cutout, my window doesn't, I do however have this scoop on the left side window.

I have the same issue, what I am currently doing is using 5' cable extension that runs down along the floor behind the seat. When the aircraft comes out of Annual, I'm going to solder into the panel jacks and run the wiring behind the panels and put an additional passenger headset jack just behind the seat marked for pilot of course, that way I can use either position..atleast that's the plan for now.

I don't have any before pictures but this (bottom Piece)was in 3 pieces, had a few of the edges missing and very brittle, I pieced it back together, remolded a few pieces then fiberglassed it..looks brand

What did YOU do and evidently it worked..How do you feel about your landing?

Reach out to Don Maxwell, he'll tell you if there is an alternate part number, he's done that for me on a number of items.

Actually I've known people that have gone down the street to the Custom Auto Body Shop and had their interiors done...Most auto fabrics meet the burn criteria and if not, they can order it...They took the seats, headliner, carpets and panels, etc. to the shop, a couple of the upholstery guys were curious about the aircraft so they went out to the aircraft to see it and make suggestions...it's an option and usually a bit cheaper..just a thought