Well he certainly was light enough to pull up into that big, high hover! Also looked like he had enough room to accelerate through ETL and spiral up if he had to.
Making right pedal turns is counterproductive. Might work in a recip, but not in a 206. The governor senses this as an *increase* in N2 rpm and reduces fuel flow accordingly. So yeah, you get a little more torque from the reduction of left pedal, but pulling further up on the pole only makes things worse, not better.
Low time 206 guy, I'd say. Sad.
Interesting to me...maybe I'm seeing things...but does it look like some of the things in the baggage compartment came right the floor and right out the bottom of the tub with that high vertical impact?