My understanding of German is far from perfect but good enough to understand the contents of this report.
I have checked every source available to me to find out if this type of tail rotor failure has happened before and I can't find any. If this has been a known problemarea surely Eurocopter would have issued a service bulletin, or an information letter at least, but I have found nothing.
I have informed all of our employees of the findings in this report and encouraged them to discuss it and make a "what to do" plan if it happens to them.
My experience in aviation which is +30 years has told me that there is no single failure that lead to an accident. Reading the report there are several factors that makes me believe that the pilot is way out of his "comfort zone".
Looking forward to the final report that hopefully will tell me why the "short shaft" failed.
Last edited by Bell214B; 30th Mar 2013 at 00:44.