Originally Posted by
SASless
Really?
You base your evaluation upon what?
Care to present your information that underlies that opinion.....what did really happen and how do you know it to be the true account?
What is the. obvious cause to which you refer with such certainty?
Given the NTSB statement:
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2018/10/05/ski-apache-helicopter-crash-caused-by-down-draft-hitting-dead-air/,
Watching the video of an EMS AStar making a fast steep approach at an LZ that is 9800 PA (temp probably 60-65 F, DA 12000+) I would be surprised if it didn't bounce a couple of times yawing to the left.
Call it intuition
