[PAR35]

Looks like the rotor was still spinning pretty well when the tips hit the water as it rolled over.

Didn’t another one go in the river a few years ago.

Here it is, I found it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/helicopter-crashes-in-east-river.html

[xone]

Looks like the rotor was still spinning pretty well when the tips hit the water as it rolled over.

Because he was autorotating. No pitch no lift = faster rotor speed.