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Helicopter Accident Attorney's Flexure Loss Animation

legal editor — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:58:06 +0000

Griffith Park Helicopter Accident Experienced Flexure Loss

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This animation shows the cross-sections of the tail rotor yoke. The cross-sections are of reduced thickness to allow for flexure (bending). The yoke is designed to bend within fixed parameters without losing its strength. If a force strikes the tail rotor large enough to bend it beyond its design tolerance, it may result in “static overload” damage, which creates a loss of residual compressive stress and a resulting fatigue fracture. Static overloads occur when the tail rotor is stationary, not when a helicopter is in flight. Static overload can be caused by improper ground handling (such as using the tail rotor blade as a handhold to move the helicopter), collision with a vehicle, improper bearing removal while the yoke is off the helicopter, and wind gust or jet blast. The animation shows the flexure of the yoke 1) within its design tolerance; and 2) outside of its design tolerance.

Baum Hedlund had this animation prepared as one of several to be shown as evidence during the 2006 product liability trial at Los Angeles Superior Court against Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., and Bell Technical Services, Inc. The trial was conducted by Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman.

History: A Bell Model 205A-1 helicopter, owned and operated by the LAFD crashed in Griffith Park during an airlift rescue operation in Los Angeles on March 23, 1998. The helicopter was airlifting an injured child from a car accident when the helicopter’s tail rotor yoke failed and caused the aircraft to crash, destroying the helicopter and killing the child, two LAFD paramedics and an LAFD helicopter apparatus operator.

Duration : 0:0:55

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Los Angeles Plane Crash Lawyers San Bernardino Attorneys CA

legal editor — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:57:05 +0000

http://www.girardikeeseaviationlaw.com 213.977.0211 Aviation cases are massively difficult. Contact an attorney at Girardi Keese for representation in aviation accident matters. Call the firm in Los Angeles or San Bernardino today. The firm is available for aviation accident cases throughout California, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Burbank, Ontario, Palm Springs, San Diego, Irvine, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara and Eureka. Their aviation practice extends to all 50 states and to international locations.

Duration : 1 min 10 sec

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Aviation Accident Lawyer re American Airlines 587 Crash

legal editor — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:32:05 +0000

Two days after the Queens, New York crash of American Airlines Flight 587 into Belle Harbor, Channel 9 KCAL News in Los Angeles interviewed airline disaster attorney Paul Hedlund about the NTSB’s (National Transportation Safety Board) investigation into the possibility of wake turbulence causing this airline crash, just two months after September 11, 2001.

Mr. Hedlund describes wake turbulence as, “round swirls of air that come off the ends of the wings”. It occurs when planes take off from the same runway in a short period of time. Reports say that AA Flight 587 took off just under two minutes after another jumbo jet, which is against FAA regulations. All 260 people aboard the Airbus A300 were killed along with five other people on the ground.
The airline disaster law firm of Baum Hedlund represented seven victims from this accident.

Duration : 0:1:9

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