Originally Posted by
Dave B
As a retired Helicopter Engineer, I am quite angry that the poor old pilot seems to be getting all the blame for this accident. The report blames pilot error, and then as a sort of after thought they say that the throttle was not rigged correctly. How about some blame for the people who released it into service in that state, in this country their licence would have been revoked.
I understand your point but I think it’s the semantics of the process - the actual accident was a result of a mishandled autorotation. In slightly different circumstances there may well have been an undamaged aircraft on the ground. The reason for entering the autorotation was clearly because of a maintenance error.