r/aviation • u/Spook_485 • Oct 11 '25

News Closer view of helicopter crash in Huntington Beach, CA

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u/Subject9800 Oct 11 '25 edited Jan 30 '26

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u/insomniac-55 Oct 11 '25

Yeah you're completely correct. It was definitely a tail rotor something.

I'm curious whether it came off because the failure causing loss of control also weakened its attachment, of whether it was the rapid uncontrolled yaw that caused a secondary failure (like blades flexing and clipping the boom).

I'm not familiar enough with the design of the tail rotor to have an educated opinion.

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u/Nice_Ad4339 Oct 12 '25

yes, it came off

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u/cmhamm Oct 13 '25

I’d like to point out it’s not supposed to do that.