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Old 9th Oct 2022, 12:14
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Isn't that why we taught folks to put the aircraft into a landing attitude by leveling the Skids prior to touch down?

The Accident Scene does not seem to fit the narrative of a confined unsuitable landing spot.

It is interesting that only a single Rotor Blade shows catastrophic damage....which suggests the engine may not have been driving the Rotor system and the Rotor RPM was quite low.

Which would begin to explain how with lots of aft cyclic input....and the aircraft striking the ground with a strong Rate of Descent would follow Crab's spanking exercise.

Gentleman's wager is that it was an EOL that went all wrong in a Low Inertia Rotor System helicopter.
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