Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Well the saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. The "What Happened" section of the report is on that video. This accident would have to be unique in that two helicopters on the same charter, in the same weather and on the same flight path (most of the way) end up with two very different outcomes.
If the radar information is correct, the final 16 seconds of the flight give a descent rate of slightly over 4,000 feet per minute. I’m not familiar with the descent rate of said machine in an auto-rotation event, however I’m led to believe it should be around 2,000fpm, which puts things into perspective.