Originally Posted by
John Eacott
I can only keep coming back to my own experience: no way on God's earth that I would contemplate retarding overhead speed selects, nor climbing out. If you don't get that collective down in a heartbeat then you're along for the ride:
That's not true in an IGE hover! Dumping the collective will likely result in a roll-over even if the rotation is recognised immediately. And rollovers kill lots of people. Lower the lever slowly, maintain level attitude and cushion the impact.
"Throttles in hand helicopters". The theory of chopping the throttle and pulling the lever to cushion the landing is a really good idea...…..however, with the throttle frictions on and the necessary hand actions required, it adds an unnecessary degree of complexity to a simple procedure. Just don't dump the collective!
For bad TR events OGE like this accident, my ideas are somewhat limited as to the best action to take.