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Old 11th Jan 2019, 14:58
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malabo
 
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Bell 230, that has very low blade clearance on the front. From the damage I'd say it hit the power cart (battery in the nose, you park it close). Curious on the comment that it lifted and then came down, if indeed that is accurate. Bit like the S92 and 412, when parked the elastomerics on the grips will put pitch on the blades so that the collective creeps up. You lower it on spool-up as soon as you have some hydraulics. We were always hyper aware of blade tip path especially unloading passengers, and I'm sure there are previous instances of similar fatalities on that model helicopter (the gruesome anecdote was part of our training)`. Problem was made worse if the autopilots weren't disengaged and the system drove the pitch full forward.
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