Originally Posted by
Twist & Shout
Was there a conclusion from the investigation into the Broome crash?
There might be a disturbing pattern occurring.
While not impossible, it would seem extremely unlikely, that pilot error during the reported high (OGE) hover could sever the tail boom.
Catastrophic and unrecoverable mechanical failure is most pilots worst scenario.
When caught on video, the impact is chilling, and can have a deleterious effect on product confidence.
EC225’s are cheap to buy, for EG.
I’m less and less happy to board B737’s (and too scared to watch “Downfall”)
No report as such, however there was a rumour floating around when Broome R44 happened that it had been towing a water-skier a few days prior to the incident. Broome was different to this one as the blade failed and presumably caused the transmission separation.
For this one supposedly they were training VRS recoveries... perhaps the student staring at the ASI dropped the nose too much with the collective on the floor, the already high RoD leading to freefall, low G then tail off.
I would really like to know what happened but I doubt we will ever find out.