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Old 29th Dec 2022, 15:17
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Originally Posted by Nev Bartos
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N835GC second of three ship charter , was hover taxing along Taxiway at about 1.5m above ground, as it approached a small asphalt road to head into apron area it started to yaw to the left 10m prior to the road , suggesting maybe not pilot induced. The first 90deg of yaw was slow then it become quick and the aircraft pitched around. About 3.5 revolutions it hit the ground still rotating.
I guess the “chop throttle, perform hover auto before the rotation gets too fast” didn’t work. Is the throttle on the collective? Never liked the throttle on the floor behind the collective.
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