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DOUBLE BOGEY
Maybe I misunderstood the report but I believed the TR Pitch went to FULL POWER. Which leaves no chance of a recovery as we saw in this event. No just loss of control . The worst scenario imaginable. Its odd that all other manufacturers fit a safety mechanism, or inherent blade aerodynamics, that would "center" the servo to a reasonable, hopefully survivable pitch setting. I also understand this latent failure event exists in 109/139/169 and 189. Are there any Leonardo techs on here that could confirm this.
It went to full negative pitch. This meant that even with the engines off, it would still have been totally out of control in yaw. As I previously wrote, broadly equivalent to a full hard-over of a powerful rudder on a fixed wing aircraft.