My most memorable experience was during my time as a CFI flying out of Elmonte Airport in CA.
I had otherwise good student that got too confident over time.
I got too relaxed over time… a bad combo..
One sunny morning we were flying the normal landing pattern in a R22..
We had done several nice rounds the same morning.
The student was a little high on Base and wanted to descend faster.
So he.. ROLLED OF Throttle… horn went on.. and I went active.. also verbally…,
He got scared and locked totally up on the controls..
- dumping the collective and flaring was hard and too slow..
RPM dropped like a hammer and stayed extremely low.. - would NOT come up for a LOONG time..
We were on base the ground came very close very fast..
Needless to say I managed to gain RPM to survive... But I did have nightmares weeks after..
-will never forget this flight..
I guess I had a little luck left in my bucket..
Stay safe out there!!