Originally Posted by
gulliBell
Helipilots (Sperry) and AP's (Honeywell) with FD on the 76, yes. SCAS on the IFR 212's. The 76 was a little tricky at first without the helipilots, the early ones were built without it even installed. The guys flying those earned some street cred. All that aside, there seems to be a realization that this Bahamas prang was likely CFIT. Ordinarily one might be perplexed how this could possibly happen in a 139 with an IFR qualified crew. But I've seen it happen time and time again, more times than I can count, in the Level D FFS with IFR crews that are supposedly qualified and current. And that is without introducing any system malfunctions.
Interesting comments.
I totally agree that we have seen this often in Level D (and earlier) sims - WITH NO MALFUNCTIONS.
Yer right, the very early 76's had no HeliPilots. They were fun, sometimes.
Our 212s were either Bell IFR (SCAS/AFCS) or Sperry (all with helipilots, only two with the FD).
This is accident is reminiscent of the OKie 214ST crash in Newfoundland.
Two miles from departure? I agree, most likely they drilled a perfectly good aircraft into the water.