Originally Posted by
212man
It drives me nuts how often reports cite VRS as the cause when clearly there other more likely potential causes (as JD has mentioned)
All part of the modern “Victim” mentality: “There I was, flying a perfectly reasonable approach, when I was snatched from the sky by VR!!”
Sounds better than: “I commanded a high rate of descent, while reducing my airspeed in an attempt to make my profile more acceptable. When I pulled in a lot of power to arrest the ROD (With little IAS) the AC predictably entered VRS” (Or far more common - .....When I pulled in a lot of power to arrest the ROD (With little IAS) the AC predictably lost RRPM. I reacted to the subsequent increased ROD by raising the lever......“)
Didn’t end well - “must have been VRS - nothing I could do!!”