When all of the fine gentlemen stop pissing on one another's beer glass, we can perhaps inquire as to the METAR for this incident.
Sobering thought: killed by a blade strike. That's something none of us would wish on anyone. *shudder*
For FH: does one consider bringing along an empty 1 or 2 quart Gatorade bottle with lid, for pressure relief requirements? I've done that on long road trips when I didn't want to stop driving.
I just noticed this from the NTSB initial report.
The helicopter was equipped with a 406-mhz Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT). The Armed Forces Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) received the ELT activation at 2300z (1600 hours mountain standard time.) The first activation did not have any latitude or longitude information. However, the second activation was received at 2329z, which was 29 minutes after the accident with lat/lon data that was 1,500 yards north of the accident site.
ELT: not up to parl or did someone move it?