Originally Posted by
John Eacott
If you read either report and watch the video, it appears more likely that he has backed up when lifting to the hover, struck something with the TR then the tail has snapped sharply to its right (nose left) and the tail then appears to come to an abrupt halt on a solid structure.
Yes, sorry, was just reading the thread here and had not gone to the link to realize there was a video to see. 100% agree. No room for a bad, drifting pick up where he was. It would be interesting to see a Google Earth photo of the spot to properly understand how small it is, particularly because I had to work what I thought was a very small spot myself over the weekend. It might not have been that small!