The Crashed Huey helicopter site ride

[Forest]

These pix are from a relatively short ride i did last week or so,about 130KM roundtrip from Pai.. ,a bit dusty these days(dry season)and challenging in spots but a fun afternoon..i was actually lookin for a small waterfall called Mae Had(that i didn't find yet, I will next time ) when i see on the Osmand GPS map the site of 'Crashed Huey helicopter'..interesting enough for me to take that direction..
Location is : Lat 19.66383 Lon 98.41286
have fun! drop me a line if u decide to go up there i may join in ..









Ride like you had a wild cat chasing ........

 

[DaGimp]

Looks like a nice ride

 

[Ah Boon]

Nice pictures and a good ride!
But I don't think the Huey has "crashed". It may have had a heavy landing and flattened the aft LG cross-tube. Otherwise it appears undamaged except for a "wrinkle" in the tail boom. The main rotor appears to be still intact in the grass. Maybe cannibalised a bit for parts?

 

[Lone Rider]

Yes, apparently it was a very hard landing and just short of the landing pad. More info here: http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/thailand-ride-reports/3416-look-what-i-found-jungle.html and http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ports/3877-over-hills-far-away.html#post30452 and here http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ught-i-would-so-glad-see-pai-again-again.html

 

[bsacbob]

Looks like its getting picked clean since i was last there, thanks for putting up your ride.

 

[Forest]

ye,landed a bit short.. you can still see the lines in the ground from sliding .the 2 military kids up the check point told me was over 10 years ago..i don-t think anyone died

Yes, apparently it was a very hard landing and just short of the landing pad. More info here: http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/thailand-ride-reports/3416-look-what-i-found-jungle.html and http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ports/3877-over-hills-far-away.html#post30452 and here http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ught-i-would-so-glad-see-pai-again-again.html

 

[alexuk]

ye,landed a bit short.. you can still see the lines in the ground from sliding .the 2 military kids up the check point told me was over 10 years ago..i don-t think anyone died

Was about 3 years ago iirc

 

[Forest]

must be! i thought the tracks on the ground weren-t 10 years old either..he rounded it up to a ''sip pi quaa....''

Was about 3 years ago iirc

 

[Pounce]

Those skid marks on the ground are fresh, or were on December 28th last year when I was there.
That's why I mentioned to our Bob that I'd thought it had been dragged up a bit more.
Looking back at Bobs photo, it definitely is in a different position.

Plus this was the easy bit of the road then too.

 

[Lone Rider]

Those skid marks on the ground are fresh, or were on December 28th last year when I was there.
That's why I mentioned to our Bob that I'd thought it had been dragged up a bit more.
Looking back at Bobs photo, it definitely is in a different position.

Yes, it has been moved. On Bob's photo you can see that the Huey just did not make it to the landing pad - guess it came in to low and/or there was a sudden downdraft which smacked the helicopter to the ground resulting in structural damage of the body. In Bob's photo you can also see the cables which kept the Huey in place and prevented it from sliding off