Originally Posted by
skadi
Last century, the CEO of the german gummibear factory HARIBO, Hans Riegel, lost the tailrotor of his A109 and managed to land safely at Cologne or Hangelar Airfield. As far as I remember the report, they didnt notice the loss at first....
skadi
Thanx for the additional info Skadi!
Concerning AW139, most of the ATO’s are instructing the pilots to autorotate in case of TR shaft failure during the cruise flight...
And the QRH Emerg guidence is vey clear concerning cruise flight:
Lower collective immediately!
