Two injured in Haast helicopter crash
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Hughesy, what people do in there line check rides can be quite different from the way they conduct there day to day flying. You see it all over the world, guys do all the right things for the flight examiner then promptly drop him off and tear off like an idiot. This happens a lot.
RCJ, Telling the CAA about certain concerns you may have or making an incident report, in my experience with them is a waste of a postage stamp.
RCJ, Telling the CAA about certain concerns you may have or making an incident report, in my experience with them is a waste of a postage stamp.
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Haast Crash
Hughesy -In all fairness, I will not elaborate the other safety concerns on this guy on here. As for the flight testing officer, it has absolutelty nothing to do with it. Any examiner can conduct a flight competency check on a pilot but that does not neccessarily mean that he/she is flying safely when they are not around. That is worldwide. No doubt you have experienced this yourself by now. Its the examiners responsibility to examine the recipent to the standards on that day.
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I have been to the accident site, and there is only one way in and out.
So in place like that then sometimes the only way in and out would be downwind. Now before I get my head bitten off obviously landing/departing into wind is ideal, but it is not always possible. With planning and a careful downwind approach eg flat approach with minimal ROD, bringing power in early and having airspeed/groundspeed under control (decision points on which to go around) then it very easy to achieve a safe approach under these conditions. Not everyone fly's from A-B with a nice airport to approach too.
How about we let the investigators figure out what happened before more stones are thrown i.e glasshouse's.
So in place like that then sometimes the only way in and out would be downwind. Now before I get my head bitten off obviously landing/departing into wind is ideal, but it is not always possible. With planning and a careful downwind approach eg flat approach with minimal ROD, bringing power in early and having airspeed/groundspeed under control (decision points on which to go around) then it very easy to achieve a safe approach under these conditions. Not everyone fly's from A-B with a nice airport to approach too.
How about we let the investigators figure out what happened before more stones are thrown i.e glasshouse's.
