Originally Posted by
GipsyMagpie
If they had had the ec225 afcs it would not have happened. Speed would have fallen to 40kts and stopped. The vertical would have then increased until the ground protection in the system had levelled them out. Crap afcs is your cause. Pilots complain!
Well not quite, had it been a 225 the IAS mode would have engaged at ~65 kts and raised the collective to maintain 65 kts and the preset Rod, then levelled at 150' still maintaining 65kts.