Originally Posted by
jeepys
Rule number 1 for auto's.
Always prepare to convert a practice auto for the real thing, therefore, pick a suitable site...
I am not a pilot so asking as much as anything:
It looks like the apparent autorotations prior to the 6th and accident auto all approached or turned into the same general heading, which I assume was into a slight headwind. Most seemed to be over open farmland though the resolution in Figure 4 isn't high so hard to tell. For auto 4, it may have been a downwind start and turned into the wind during the descent? That seemed to be over woodlands. If intention was to turn into wind each time, then 6th auto may have initially approached in a crosswind(?). But it doesn't look like any obvious turn was being made that time? Hard to tell what potential landing point the pilot and instructor may have planned for. Can't imagine they aimed for the spot where the helicopter finally hit the ground.