Originally Posted by
Spunk
The 40-year old pilot of N96BM held a commercial pilot certificate with a rating for rotorcraft-helicopter issued in August of 2010. ... The pilot's estimated total time was 13,065 hours .... The pilot had been assigned to the Pasadena PD Air Operations Division since 2005; 2 years as a pilot and 5 years as a TFO.]
13,065 hours in 7.5 years??? That would be 1.742 hours per year
Reason for accident found: fatigue
No, total time 13,065 hours before the crash in 2012. I reckon that's a fixed wing conversion to rotary, or issue of a civilian rating in 2010. A lot, if not most of the people in that part of the industry, are ex military pilots, becoming cops first, then returning to flying.