I believe this pilot did things quite right - asking to land on unknown terrain a minute away from an airport is a long shot. It seems that he, his crew and unfortunate homeowners might be let down by this:
CS 27.861 Fire protection of structure, controls, and other parts
Each part of the structure, controls, rotor mechanism, and other parts essential to a controlled landing that would be affected by powerplant fires must be fireproof or protected so they can perform their essential functions for at least 5 minutes under any foreseeable powerplant fire conditions.
Presuming this was an engine fire. (It seems that fire was coming from underneath the engine, not direcly from engine itself, but hard to say.) There is also:
CS 27.863 Flammable fluid fire protection
(a) In each area where flammable fluids or vapours might escape by leakage of a fluid system, there must be means to minimise the probability of ignition of the fluids and vapours, and the resultant hazards if ignition does occur.
(b) ....
This will be interesting to follow, when relatives and their attorneys will try to blame manufacturer to get millions $.
Last edited by hoistop; 30th Aug 2023 at 09:43.