"Big mussels" (sic). Do they scavenge beaches looking for grub? Or is the spelling prowness related to the "tiny brains"?
Anybody got anything more solid on the accident itself? Combing through everything above, we've got a training flight in a 412 resulting in a hard landing. Normally this jumps to a pilot error conclusion because of the risks induced during training with an aircraft. Doesn't look right though, with the tailrotor damage. A 412 tailrotor is a mile in the air and unlikely to be damaged in a landing accident during training. Then there is the "engine failure" hint and an resulting hovering auto - again not normally a big deal, except for the landing gear damage.
So to all you guys with sealed lips out there, was there a mechanical failure leading to a loss of tail-rotor and a subsequent roll-off the throttles by the pilots for the hover auto? I don't like trial of the pilots by innuendo, simply from non-disclosure of facts that would vindicate them.
Last edited by malabo; 13th June 2008 at 05:54.