TV Helicopter Sky 9 makes Hard Landing @ Whiteman Airpark

Los Angeles' Daily News reported on Nov 12, 2010:

Sister stations KCAL9 and CBS2 report that engine failure forced the hard landing about 8 a.m. Friday at Whiteman Airpark in the Pacoima.

Pilot Derek Bell says that as soon as the Eurocopter's engine began to fail he began autorotation and quickly brought the craft known as Sky 9 back to the airfield.

The helicopter's tail struck the ground and broke off but the craft landed upright on its skids.

image via Daily News server

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Helicopter Raw Video, Missile Launch off of Los Angeles Coast 09-NOV-2010

Video of the November 09, 2010 missile launch from 35 miles off of the Los Angeles coastline.

Video shot by a KCBS/KCAL Cameraman Gil Leyvas from a news helicopter in Los Angeles that shows an object shooting across the sky and leaving a large contrail, or vapor trail, over the Pacific Ocean. Pentagon can't, or wont, Explain 'Missile' Off California Coast.
"Whatever it was, it was spinning up into the sky kind of like a spiral," and was easy to distinguish from condensation trails from jets, he said. "It was quite a sight to see. It was spectacular" said the cameraman.

The FAA has said that no aircraft were in that airspace at the time.

Here's the Fox News report: