Agree with EEDSL, the pilot definitely cocked it up but why pull it out of the water once he had arrived ‘relatively’ safely??
Can’t agree with oldbeefer on fenestron stall (how's the hand by the way?) – It does not exist, period. I have horsed the old gazelle around more than I ever should have done and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that tail rotor! And if the EC135 has the same back end as the dauphin – there is definitely nothing wrong with that either, as you might well discover MG!