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Old 15th Mar 2017, 01:08
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army_av8r
 
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It appears to me that the TRGB did hit the top line. There is a rather loud metal on metal noise that occurs at the same time. As the tail rotor fails, the aircraft begins to rotate right and pitch nose down. My speculation is that the pilot may have rolled engine to idle and was attempting to start a descent, but hadn't lowered the collective fully yet. As rotor RPM drooped, they applied after cyclic to bring the nose level but with decreasing RPM the blades flapped down into the tailboom. Things happen fast, stay safe out there.
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