Originally Posted by
prehar
While carrying out such mountain rescue in a AW-139 what performance graphs are normally used ?
HIGE or HOGE at MCP / TOP or intrapolate in between ?
Also any way to figure out the wind direction and speed ?
It’ll be interesting to know from HFDM whether the pilots ran out of power and / or (as I suspect )ran out of left rudder towards the end of the approach trying to get into whatever ground cushion they could find !!
A mild tail wind from 4-5 O clock I think would mess the end of approach proceedings ??
The Rotorcraft certified under Part 29 and certificated in Category B must have, in the Limitations Section of the RFM, a chart showing the " WEIGHT-ALTITUDE-TEMPERATURE
for TAKE-OFF, LANDING and IGE MANOEUVRES". The pilot must obtain the weight derived from this chart and based on Altitude, OAT and wind condition expected in the area of operations.