Every off-roader must know: What Went Wrong?

[Rahimdad]

@Frederic Nuyttens and @sertac and @shadow79 good observations by all. I like @Frederic Nuyttens and @sertac explanation the best.

Very good observation from @skumar83.

[Gaurav]

Thanks @Rahimdad for creating this wonderful thread and always adding new incidents to discuss and let newbie learn the offroad accident reasons.

Hope now newbies realize that we always insist on doing small U-TURN on your first sideys so you can learn how your vehicle reacts on the slope and you can learn to countersteer immediately if car fishtail and about to flip.

[Rahimdad]

Thanks to @Carnity for giving us this platform to share and learn.

[Rahimdad]

I know this one is a bit difficult as it is the shot from inside the effected car, but what do you think he did wrong here.

[Emmanuel]

First : falling asleep or at least paying too much attention to the nice music he was listening to - and not enough to the convoy path. Anyways he went down the dune, then tried to correct his mistake, fighting gravity, turning his weels in the direction of the top of the dune.  

[Frederic]

1) The dramatic soundtrack was basically asking for dramatic results (just kidding).

2) I feel he went pretty far up the ridge and completely turned his wheel at the last minute, which created the roll-over. If i am not mistaken you should avoid turning the wheel completely and suddenly in the desert and especially on slopes. He then put on full throttle expecting he could push himself out but made it worse by doing so.

3) The backside of dune was very soft and it looked like a LWB Land Cruiser or at least a heavy long car but i could be wrong.

[Ren13]

Looks like he turned at the very last moment towards the left instead of going towards the right or down the slope and braked due to which he lost momentum and rolled over.

[Ren13]

14 hours ago, Frederic said:

1) The dramatic soundtrack was basically asking for dramatic results (just kidding).

2) I feel he went pretty far up the ridge and completely turned his wheel at the last minute, which created the roll-over. If i am not mistaken you should avoid turning the wheel completely and suddenly in the desert and especially on slopes. He then put on full throttle expecting he could push himself out but made it worse by doing so.

3) The backside of dune was very soft and it looked like a LWB Land Cruiser or at least a heavy long car but i could be wrong.

@Frederic i managed to find your land cruiser before the flip-flop

[Frederic]

5 minutes ago, Ren13 said:

@Frederic i managed to find your land cruiser before the flip-flop

Omg is that one of those tourist off-road organizations?

[Rahimdad]

Both @Emmanuel and @Frederic are correct @Ren13 got the first part right. He did try to come up after overshooting the turning point which meant his car was already on the other side of the dune pulling him down. He was fighting gravity and tried to accelerate up.

The guess on the LC is wrong, here is a pic of that LC after the roll.