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Old 29th Nov 2012, 15:10
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Devil 49
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Sometimes survival is the best outcome you an hope for.

The scenario as presented has significant risk factors that will most likely destroy the aircraft and kill the crew.
A VFR pilot IIMC is probably going to lose control. Continuing into rising terrain below a safe altitude, without possibility of a vfr turnaround and deteriorating to IMC weather (especially with the rocks 8 seconds ahead- 120 kts over .5 km)
is an immediate life threatening situation. Land now, while you have power and control.
Pick a place where your least likely to catastrophically lose control of the helicopter in that process, like rolling down a mountain. The aircraft will suffer some damage, perhaps even be destroyed, but you improve the chances of survival significantly by sacrificing the airframe intelligently. IIMC crashes almost always destroy the aircraft and kill the crew.
If you don't want to face these choices, don't go where they're necessary.
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